Water management strategies for urban trees in dry environments: Lessons for the future

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 116-124

  Symes, Peter ^a   Connellan, Geoff ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Crop Coefficients; Drought; Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne; Soil Moisture Sensors; Tree Watering; Urban Forest

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; GARDEN; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; STORMWATER; URBAN FORESTRY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84878180707     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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