The influence of farm landscape shape on the impact and management of dryland salinity

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 29-38

  Kingwell, Ross ^a,b   John, Michele ^b  

^a Department of Agriculture and Food ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dryland salinity; Farm landscape; Farm management; Farm modeling; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MECHANICS;

DRYLAND SALINITY; FARM LANDSCAPE; FARM MANAGEMENT; FARM MODELING; SOIL QUALITY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; DRYLAND FARMING; LAND USE; SALINIZATION; SOIL QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33847333851     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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