An empirical, comparative model of changes in annual water yield associated with pine plantations in southern Australia

Australian Forestry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-284

  Bren, Leon ^a   Lane, Patrick ^a   McGuire, Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Forestry SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Flow; Models; Radiata pine; Rain; Water balance

Indexed keywords

VEGETATION;

NATIVE FOREST; WATER BALANCE; WATER USE; WATER YIELD;

REFORESTATION;

PINUS RADIATA; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION;

RADIATA;

EID: 33846324793     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2006.10676248     Document Type: Article

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