Water use of grasslands, agroforestry systems and indigenous forests

Water SA

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 781-788

  Everson, C S ^a   Dye, P J ^b   Gush, M B ^c   Everson, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Grassland; Indigenous trees; Jatropha curcas; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; TIMBER; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; INDIGENOUS TREES; INTRODUCED TREE SPECIES; JATROPHA CURCAS; PROPORTIONAL ALLOCATION; WATER RESEARCH COMMISSIONS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

PRODUCED WATER;

AGROFORESTRY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FYNBOS; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYTOMASS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEASONALITY; STREAMFLOW; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

E I S; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; PHASE TRANSITION; PLANTS; RUNOFF; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DRAKENSBERG; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 83455166716     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v37i5.15     Document Type: Article

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