Planted forests and water in perspective

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-9

  van Dijk, Albert I J M ^a   Keenan, Rodney J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Forest water use; Natural hazards; Plantation; Stream ecology; Water quality; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948864291     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.010     Document Type: Editorial

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