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  1. Abdullaev, Iskandar; Kazbekov, Jusipbek. 2006.  Notes from Fields: Review to Article on Common Pool Resources and the Transfer of Governance Technology – Water User Associations in Uzbekistan (by John C. Pierce, Mark Stephan, Nicholas S. Lovrich, Jr., Madina Khalmirzaeva, Abdulkhakim Salokhiddinov and Edward P. Weber). Comparative Technology Transfer and Society, 4:(3)
  1. Ahmad, Mobin-ud –Din; Biggs, Trent; Turral, Hugh; Scott, Christopher. 2006.  Application of SEBAL approach and MODIS time-series to map vegetation water use patterns in the data scarce Krishna river basin of India. Water Science & Technology, 53(10):83-90. ISI

  2. Al-Jabri, Salem A.; Lee, Jaehoon; Gaur, Anju; Horton, Robert; Jaynes, Dan B. 2006. A dripper-TDR method for in situ determination of hydraulic conductivity and chemical transport properties of surface soils. Advances in Water Resources, 29:239-249. ISI

  3. Amoah, Philip; Drechsel, Pay; Abaidoo, R. C.; Ntow, W. J. 2006. Pesticide and pathogen contamination of vegetables in Ghana’s urban markets. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 50:1-6. ISI

  4. Atapattu, S.S. 2006.  The transformation of the shallow water coral communities of Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka following temperature anomalies in 1998.  Pakistan Journal of Oceanography, 2: 23-39.

  5. Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele. 2006. Modelling natural conditions and impacts of consumptive water use and sedimentation of Lake Abaya and Lake Chamo, Ethiopia. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management, 11:73–82. ISI

  6. Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele. 2006. Investigation of physical and bathymetric characteristics of lakes Abaya and Chamo, Ethiopia, and their management implications. Lakes & Reservoirs Research and Management, 11:133-140. ISI

  7. Biggs, Trent; Thenkabail, Prasad; Gumma, Murali Krishna; Scott, Christopher; Parthasaradhi, G. R.; Turral, Hugh. 2006. Irrigated area mapping in heterogeneous landscapes with MODIS time series, ground truth and census data, Krishna Basin, India. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(19):4245-4266. ISI

  8. Bossio, Deborah; Fleck, J. A.; Scow, Kate M.; Fujii, Roger. 2006. Alteration of soil microbial communities and water quality in restored wetlands. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 38:1223-1233. ISI

  9. Briet, Olivier; Galappathy, G. N. L.; Amerasinghe, Priyani; Konradsen, Flemming, 2006. Malaria in Sri Lanka: One year post-tsunami. Malaria Journal, 5:42. 19p. ISI

  10. Cai, X.; C. de Fraiture.; Hejazi, M. 2006. Retrieve Irrigated and Rainfed Crop Data Using a General Maximum Entropy Approach. Irrigation Science. doi : 10.1007/ s00271-006-0046-8 ISI

  11. Castella, Jean-Christophe; Kam, Suan Pheng; Quang, Dang Dinh; Verburg, Peter H.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; 2006. Combining top-down and bottom-up modelling approaches of land use/cover change to support public policies: Application to sustainable management of natural resources in northern Vietnam. Land Use Policy, 15p. Article in press. ISI

  12. Chaplot V.; Darboux, F.; Bourennane, H.; Leguédois, S.; Silvera, N. ; Phachomphon, K. 2006. On the accuracy of interpolation techniques in digital elevation models for various landscape morphologies, surface areas and sampling densities. Geomorphology, 77:126-141. ISI

  13. Chaplot V.; Khampaseuth X.; Valentin, C.; Le Bisonnais Y. 2006. Interrill erosion in the sloping lands of northern Laos submitted to shifting cultivation. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 32(3):415-428. ISI
  14. Chilonda, Pius.; Otte, Joachim. 2006. Indicators to monitor livestock production at national, regional and international levels. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 18:(8) 117.

  15. Cofie, Olufunke; Agbottah, S.; Strauss, M.; Esseku, H.; Montangero, A.; Awuah, E.Kone, D. 2006. Solid-liquid separation of faecal sludge using drying beds in Ghana: Implications for nutrient recycling in urban agriculture. Water Research, 40(1):75-82. ISI

  16. Danso, George; Drechsel, Pay; Fialor, S.; Giordano, Mark. 2006. Estimating the demand for municipal waste compost via farmers’ willingness-to-pay in Ghana. Waste Management, 26:1400–1409. ISI

  17. Desalegn, Chemeda Edossa; Babel, Mukand Singh; Das Gupta, Ashim; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Merrey, Douglas. 2006. Farmers’ perception of water management under drought conditions in the Upper Awash Basin, Ethiopia. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 22(4):589-602. ISI

  18. Dhas, M.; Vivek, Kher; Phansalkar, Sanjiv. 2006. Water for migrant livestock: Issues, concerns and policy. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 18(9). 12p.

  19. Doussan C.; Pierret A. ; Garrigues E. ; Pagēs L. 2006. Water uptake by plant roots: II – Modelling of water transfer in the soil root-system with explicit account of flow within the root system - Comparison with experiments. Plant and Soil, 283: 99-117. ISI

  20. Ensink, Jeroen; van der Hoek, Wim; Amerasinghe, Felix. 2006. Giardia duodenalis infection and wastewater irrigation in Pakistan. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100(6):538-542. ISI

  21. Finlayson, Max. 2006. Freshwater protected areas: Can we expand our options to include private wetlands?. Ecological Management & Restoration, 7(2):77-78. ISI

  22. Finlayson, Max.; Lowry, J.; Bellio, Maria Grazia; Nou, S.; Pidgeon, R.; Walden, D.; Humphrey, C.; Fox, G.  2006.  Biodiversity of the wetlands of the Kakadu Region, northern Australia.  Aquatic Sciences, 68:374-399.  ISI

  23. Garrigues E.; Doussan C.; Pierret A. 2006. Water uptake by plant roots: I - Formation and propagation of a water extraction front in mature root systems as evidenced by 2D light transmission imaging. Plant and Soil, 283: 83-98. ISI

  24. Gaur, Anju; Horton, Robert; Jaynes, Dan B.; Baker, James L. 2006. Measured and predicted solute transport in a tile drained field. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 70:872-881. ISI
  25. George, B.A.; Malano, H.M.; Davidson, B.; Turral, H. 2006, Development of a GIS Based Data Collection and Software Utility For Asset Management, Water Asset Management International, 2(2): 20-24.
  26. Gemperli, A.; Sogoba, N.; Fondjo, E.; Mabaso, M.; Bagayoko, M.; Briet, O.J.T.; Anderegg, D.; Liebe, J.; Smith, T.; Vounatsou, P. 2006.  Mapping malaria transmission in West and Central Africa. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 11:1032-1046. ISI

  27. Giordano, Mark. 2006. Agricultural groundwater use and rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa: A first-cut assessment. Hydrogeology Journal, 14:310-318. ISI

  28. Habi, Kushiev; Noble, Andrew; Abdullaev, Iskandar. 2006. Remediation of abandoned saline soils using Glycyrrhiza glabra: A study from the Hungry Steppes of Central Asia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 3(2):102-113

  29. Hellegers, P. J. G. J.; Perry, C. J. 2006. Can irrigation water use be guided by market forces?: Theory and practice. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 22(1):79-86. ISI

  30. Hessel R.; van den Bosch R.; Vigiak O. 2006. Evaluation of the LISEM soil erosion model in two catchments in the East African Highlands. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31:469-486.  ISI

  31. Hussain, Intizar; Wijerathna, Deeptha; Arif, Sigit; Murtiningrum, Mawarni; Agnes, Suparmi. 2006. Irrigation, productivity and poverty linkages in irrigation systems in Java, Indonesia. Water Resources Management, 20:313-336. ISI

  32. Illangasekare, T.; Tyler, S. W.; Clement, T. P.; Villholth, Karen; Perera, A. P. G. R. L.; Obeysekera, J.; Panabokke, C. R.; Hyndman, D. W.; Cunningham, K. J.; Kaluarachchi, J. J.; Yeh, W. W. G.; van Genuchten, M. T.; Jensen, K.  2006.  Impacts of the 2004 tsunami on groundwater resources in Sri Lanka.  Water Resources Research, 42(5):W05201. 9p. ISI

  33. Jouquet, P.; Bernard-Reversat, F.; Bottinelli, N.; Orange, Didier; Rouland-Lefevre, C.; Toan, Tran Duc; Podwojewski, Pascal. 2006. Influence of change in land use and earthworm activities on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a steepland ecosystem in Northern Vietnam. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 33p. ISI

  34. Junk, Wolfgang J.; Brown, Mark; Campbell, Ian C.; Finlayson, Max; Gopal, Brij; Ramberg, Lars; Warner, Barry G. 2006. The comparative biodiversity of seven globally important wetlands: A synthesis. Acquatic Sciences, 68:400-414. ISI

  35. Kashaigili, Japhet; Mbilinyi, Boniface; McCartney, Matthew; Mwanuzi, Fredrick L. 2006. Dynamics of Usangu plains wetlands: Use of remote sensing and GIS as management decision tools. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 31:967-975. ISI

  36. Khan, M. Ajmal.; Ansari, Raziuddin.; Gul, B.; Qadir, Manzoor. 2006. Crop diversification through halophyte production on salt-prone land resources. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 1(048):8p.

  37. Klinkenberg, Eveline; McCall, P. J.; Wilson, M. D.; Akoto, A. O.; Amerasinghe, Felix; Bates, I.; Verhoeff, F.H.; Barnish, G.; Donnelly, M. J. 2006. Urban malaria and anaemia in children: A cross-sectional survey in two cities of Ghana. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 11(5):578-588. ISI

  38. Kumar, Dinesh; Ghosh, Shantanu; Patel, Ankit; Singh, Omprakash; Ravindranath, R. 2006. Rainwater harvesting in India: Some critical issues for basin planning and research. Land Use and Water Resources Research, 6:1-17.

  39. Lautze, J., Giordano, Mark, 2006. Equity in transboundary water law: Valuable paradigm or merely semantics?. Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy, 17(1):89-122
  40. Lautze, J., Giordano, Mark, 2006. Transboundary water law in Africa: Development, nature, and Geography. Natural Resources Journal, 45(4):1053-1087. ISI

  41. Lestrelin, Guillaume, Giordano, Mark, 2007. Upland development policy, livelihood change and land degradation: Interactions from a Laotian village. Land Degradation & Development, 18:55-76. ISI
  42. Lesturgez, G., Poss, R., Noble, Andrew, Grunberger, O., Chintachao, W., Tessier, D., 2006. Soil acidification without pH drop under intensive cropping systems in Northeast Thailand. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 114:239-248. ISI

  43. Lorenzen, K., Almeida, O., Arthur, R., Garaway, C., Nguyen Khoa, Sophie, 2006. Aggregated yield and fishing effort in multispecies fisheries: An empirical analysis. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 63:1334-1343. ISI

  44. Mapedza, E., Bond, I. 2006. Political Deadlock and Devolved Wildlife Management in Zimbabwe, The Case of Nenyunga Ward, The Journal of Environment & Development, 15 (4): 407-427.

  45. Mapedza, E. 2006. Compromised Co-management, Compromised Outcomes: Experiences from a Zimbabwean Forest, Africa Development, XXXI (2): 104-123.

  46. Massuel  S., Favreau G., Descloitres M., Le Troquer Y., Albouy Y, Cappelaere B., 2006. Deep infiltration through a sandy alluvial fan in semiarid Niger inferred from electrical conductivity survey, vadose zone chemistry and hydrological modelling. Catena, 67 (2):105-118. ISI

  47. Meijer, Karen, Boelee, Eline, Augustijn, Denie, van der Molen, Irn, 2006. Impacts of conrete lining of irrigation canals on availability of water for domestic use in southern Sri Lanka. Agricultural Water Management, 83(3):243-251. ISI

  48. Mohamed, Y.A., Savenije, H.H.G., Bastiaanssen, W.G.M., van den Hurk, B.J.J.M., 2006. New lessons on the Sudd hydrology learned from remote sensing and climate modeling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10: 507–518. ISI    XX

  49. Morid, Saeid, Smakhtin, Vladimir, Moghaddasi, Mahnosh, 2006. Comparison of seven meteorological indices for drought monitoring in Iran. International Journal of Climatology, 26:971-985. ISI

  50. Murtaza, G., Ghafoor, A., Qadir, Manzoor, 2006. Irrigation and soil management strategies for using saline-sodic water in a cotton– wheat rotation. Agricultural Water Management, 81(1-2):98-114. ISI

  51. Mukherji, A 2006. Political ecology of groundwater: The contrasting case of water abundant West Bengal and water scarce Gujarat, India, Hydrogeology Journal,14(3):392-406. ISI
  52. Ntow, William J, Gijzen, Huub J., Kelderman, P., Drechsel, Pay, 2006. Farmer perceptions and pesticide use practices in vegetable production in Ghana. Pest Management Science, 62:356-365. ISI

  53. Pavlov, S. S., Roerink, G. J, Hellegers, P. J. G. J., Popovych, V. F. 2006. Irrigation performance assessment in Crimea, Ukraine. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 22(1):61-78. ISI

  54. Pierret A.; Doussan C.; Pagēs L. 2006. Spatio-temporal variations in axial conductance of primary and first order lateral roots of a maize crop as predicted by a model of the hydraulic architecture of root systems. Plant and Soil, 282:117-126. ISI
  55. Phansalkar, S.J., Kher, V., 2006.  A decade of the Maharashtra groundwater legislation:  Analysis of the implementation process.  Law, Environment and Development Journal, 2(1):67-83.  
  56. Prasad Krishna C., Kenneth M. Strzepek., Barbara van Koppen., 2006. Assessment of socioeconomic implications of water management alternatives. Water Policy, 9:131-147.

  57. Prasad, Krishna C., Barbara van Koppen., Kenneth Strzepek,. 2006. Equity and productivity assessments in the Olifants River Basin, South Africa. Natural Resource Forum, 30 :(1) 63-75. ISI

  58. Pretty, J. N., Noble, Andrew, Bossio, Deborah, Dixon, J., Hine, R. E., Penning de Vries, Frits,. Morison, J. I. L., 2006. Resource-conserving agriculture increases yields in developing countries. Environmental Science & Technology, 40(4):1114 -1119. ISI

  59. Qadir, Manzoor, Schubert, S., Noble, Andrew, Saqib, M., Saifullah, 2006. Amelioration strategies for salinity-induced land degradation. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 1(069):12p.

  60. Qadir, Manzoor, Noble, Andrew, Schubert, S., Thomas, R. J., Arslan, A., 2006. Sodicity-induced land degradation and its sustainable management: Problems and prospects. Land Degradation & Development, 17:661-676. ISI

  61. Qureshi, Asad Sarwar., Masih, Ilyas., Turral, Hugh., 2006. Comparing land and water productivities of transplanted and direct dry seeded rice for Pakistani Punjab. Journal of Applied Irrigation Science, 41(1):47-60.

  62. Rajakaruna, R.S.; Weerasinghe, M.; Alifrangis, M.; Amerasinghe, P.H.; Konradsen, F. 2006. Role of private drug vendors in malaria treatment in Sri Lanka. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases,  43(2); 58-65. ISI

  63. Ribolzi, O.; Hermida, M.; Karambiri, H.; Delhoume, J.P.; Thiombiano, L. 2006. Effects of aeolian processes on water infiltration in sandy Sahelian rangeland in Burkina Faso. Catena, 67:145-154. ISI
  64. Rijsberman, Frank, 2006. Water scarcity: Fact or fiction?. Agricultural Water Management, 80:5-22. ISI

  65. Rijsberman, Frank, 2006. What can water science and technology do for Africa. Science in Parliament, 63(1):24-25

  66. Rijsberman, Frank, de Silva, Sanjini, 2006. Sustainable agriculture and wetlands. Ecological Studies, 190:33-52

  67. Rumpel, C. ; Alexis, M. ; Chabbi, A. ; Chaplot, V. ; Rasse, D.P. ; Valentin, C.; Mariotti, A. 2006. Black carbon contribution to soil organic matter composition in tropical sloping land under slash and burn agriculture. Geoderma 130:35-46. ISI

  68. Rumpel, C.; Chaplot, V.; Planchon, O.; Bernadou, J.; Valentin, Christian; Mariotti, A. 2006. Preferential erosion of black carbon on steep slopes with slash and burn agriculture. Catena, 65 (1):30-40. ISI

  69. Ryan, John.; Masri, Samir; Qadir, Manzoor. 2006. Nutrient monitoring of sewage water irrigation: Impacts for soil quality and crop nutrition. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 37:2513-2521. ISI

  70. Schipper, Lisa. 2006. Conceptual history of adaptation in the UNFCCC process.Review of European Community & International Environmental Law, 15(1):82-92

  71. Schipper, Lisa; Pelling, Mark. 2006. Disaster risk, climate change and international development: Scope for, and challenges to, integration. Disasters, 30(1):19-38. ISI
  72. Schipper, Lisa; Boyd, E. 2006. UNFCCC COP 11 and COP/MOP 1. Journal of Environment & Development, 15(1):75-90

  73. Shah, Tushaar; Singh, Omprakash; Mukherji, Aditi. 2006. Some aspects of South Asia’s groundwater irrigation economy: analyses from a survey in India, Pakistan, Nepal Terai and Bangladesh. Hydrogeology Journal, 14:286–309. ISI 

  74. Shah, Tushaar; Barbara, van Koppen. 2006. Is India ripe for integrated water resources management? Fitting water policy to national development context. Economic and Political Weekly, Mumbai. 41(31):3413-3421.

  75. Shortt, Rebecca L., Boelee, Eline, Matsuno, Yutaka, Madramootoo, Chandra, van der Hoek,Wim, Faubert, Gaetan. 2006. Cryptosporidium and Giardia as determinants for selection of an appropriate source of drinking-water in southern Sri Lanka. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 24(1):64-70. ISI

  76. Smakhtin, Vladimir; Shilpakar, R. L.; Hughes, D. A. 2006. Hydrology-based assessment of environmental flows: An example from Nepal. Hydrological Sciences journal, 51(2):207-222. ISI

  77. Soda, Wannipa; Noble, Andrew; Suzuki, Shinji; Simmons, Robert; Sindhusen, La-ait; Bhuthorndharaj, Suwannee. 2006. Co-composting of acid waste bentonites and their effects on soil properties and crop biomass. Journal of Environmental Quality, 35:2293-2301. ISI

  78. Tiwary, Rakesh; 2006. Conflicts over international waters. Economic and Political Weekly, Mumbai, India. Economic and Political Weekly. 41(17):1684-1692.

  79. Thenkabail, Prasad, Gangadhara Rao, P., Biggs, Trent, Krishna, M., Turral, Hugh, 2006. Spectral matching techniques to determine historical land use/Land cover (LULC) and irrigated areas using time-series 0.1 degree AVHRR Pathfinder Datasets in the Krishna River Basin, India. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 28p. ISI

  80. Vigiak, Olga; Romanowicz, Renata J.; van Loon, Emiel E.; Sterk, Geert; Beven, Keith J. 2006. A disaggregating approach to describe overland flow occurrence within a catchment. Journal of Hydrology, 323:22-40. ISI 

  81. Vigiak O.; van Loon E.E.; Sterk G. 2006. Modelling spatial scales of water erosion in the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. Geomorphology, 76:26-42. ISI

  82. Vigiak O.; Sterk G.; Romanowicz R.J.; Beven K.J. 2006. A semi-empirical model to assess uncertainty of spatial patterns of erosion. Catena, 66:198-210. ISI

  83. Vigiak O.; van Dijck S.J.E.; van Loon E.E.; Stroosnijder L. 2006. Matching hydrologic response to measured effective hydraulic conductivity. Hydrological Processes, 20:487-504. ISI

  84. Vigiak O.; Ribolzi O.; van Breusegem N.; DuangVong I.; Valentin C. 2006. Soil and water conservation efficiencies of riparian vegetation types in Northern Lao PDR. The Lao Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 12: 87-108.

  85. Villholth, Karen. 2006. Groundwater assessment and management: Implications and opportunities of globalization. Hydrogeology Journal, 14:330-339. ISI

  86. Vrieling, A.; Sterk, G.; Vigiak, O. 2006. Spatial evaluation of soil erosion risk in the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Land degradation and development, 17:301-319. ISI

  87. Yapi, Y.G.; Briët, O.J.T.; Vounatsou, P. 2006 Prevalence of geohelminths in savanna and forest areas of Côte d'Ivoire. West African Journal of Medicine, 25: 124-125.