Managing water in agricultural landscapes with short-rotation biomass plantations

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 544-555

  Harper, Richard J ^a,b   Sochacki, Stanley J ^a,b   Smettem, Keith R J ^a,c   Robinson, Nicole ^b,d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Perth Business Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometrics; Bioenergy; Carbon mitigation; Climate change; Co benefits; Eucalyptus; Feedstock; Irrigation; Salinity; Water use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; ROTATION; SITE SELECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALLOMETRICS; BIO-ENERGY; CARBON MITIGATION; CO BENEFITS; EUCALYPTUS; SALINITY; WATER USE;

BIOMASS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 84905387276     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12090     Document Type: Article

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