The water balance and water sources of a Eucalyptus plantation over shallow saline groundwater

Plant and Soil

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 429-449

  Feikema, Paul M ^a,b   Morris, Jim D ^b   Connell, Luke D ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chloride; Salinity; Soil water; Stable isotopes; Water balance; Water sources

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FRINGE; CHLORIDE; DEUTERIUM; DROUGHT STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS;

EID: 77953726959     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0309-2     Document Type: Article

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