A groundwater recharge perspective on locating tree plantations within low-rainfall catchments to limit water resource losses

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1107-1123

  Dean, J F ^a,b,e   Webb, J A ^a,b   Jacobsen, G E ^c   Chisari, R ^c   Dresel, P E ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d Department of Environment and Primary Industries ^*  (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RAIN; REFORESTATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; TIMBER; WATER LEVELS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

CHLORIDE MASS BALANCE; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; FORESTRY MANAGEMENT; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; PLANTATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECHARGE; REFORESTATION; STREAM BED; WATER RESOURCE;

PLANTATIONS; TREES; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84923881926     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-1107-2015     Document Type: Article

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