Effect of water harvesting on growth of young olive trees in degraded Syrian dryland

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1073-1090

  Tubeileh, Ashraf ^a,b   Bruggeman, Adriana ^a   Turkelboom, Francis ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Qaisi' olive; Arid areas; Degraded hillslopes; Orchards; Plant water relations; Soil moisture; Sustainable water management

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENT USE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 70350335955     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-008-9167-y     Document Type: Article

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