A note on tree deaths during the current (2001-?) drought in South-eastern Australia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 391-401

  Semple, Bill ^a   Rankin, Madeleine ^a   Koen, Terry ^a   Geeves, Guy ^b  

^a Climate Change and Water ^*  (Australia)

^b Formerly Lachlan Catchment Management Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought severity; Inland New South Wales; Landholder observations; Rainfall; Run off lands; Tree deaths

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DROUGHT; LANDHOLDING; MORTALITY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; TREE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77955598647     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2010.498042     Document Type: Article

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