Potential for water salvage by removal of non-native woody vegetation from dryland river systems

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 4117-4131

  Doody, Tanya M ^a,b   Nagler, Pamela L ^c   Glenn, Edward P ^d   Moore, Georgianne W ^e   Morino, Kiyomi ^f   Hultine, Kevin R ^g,i   Benyon, Richard G ^h  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d 2601 West Airport Drive   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Invasive; Murray Darling Basin; Riparian vegetation; Riparian vegetation evapotranspiration; Saltcedar; Sap flow; Water balance; Water salvage; Willow

Indexed keywords

ECO-HYDROLOGY; INVASIVE; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SALTCEDAR; SAP FLOW; WATER BALANCE; WATER SALVAGE; WILLOW;

AERODYNAMICS; DEWATERING; ECOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVERS;

BASEFLOW; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; SAP FLOW; STREAM BED; VEGETATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AERODYNAMICS; AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; EVAPORATION; FORESTS; GROUND WATER; PLANTS; RIVERS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EUCALYPTUS; SALIX; TAMARIX;

EID: 84155171081     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8395     Document Type: Article

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