Water, land use change and ‘new forests’: What are the challenges for south-western Victoria?

Australian Forestry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-100

  Clifton, Craig ^a   Daamen, Carl ^a   Home, Avril ^a   Sherwood, John ^b  

^a SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Change; Land use; Plantations; Stream flow; Water

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); STREAM FLOW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER;

FLOW-RELATED STRESS; FOREST DEVELOPMENT; WATER YIELD;

FORESTRY;

DRAINAGE; FORESTATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; STREAM FLOW; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; WATER;

EID: 33746066340     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2006.10676234     Document Type: Article

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