Performance of grass and eucalyptus riparian buffers in a pasture catchment, Western Australia, part 1: Riparian hydrology

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2309-2326

  McKergow, Lucy A ^a,b,c   Prosser, Ian P ^b   Weaver, David M ^d   Grayson, Rodger B ^a   Reed, Adrian E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d Department of Agriculture ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Riparian buffer; Riparian hydrology; Subsurface flow; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HARDWOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; STORMS;

RIPARIAN BUFFER; RIPARIAN HYDROLOGY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE RUNOFF;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; HARDWOODS; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; STORMS;

CATCHMENT; EVERGREEN TREE; GRASS; HYDROLOGY; RAINFALL; RIPARIAN ZONE; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EUCALYPTUS; GRASSES; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 33745930237     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6053     Document Type: Article

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