Dr John Williams

Published Work

1. Collis-George, N. and Williams, John. (1968). Comparison of the effects of soil matric potential and isotropic effective stress on the germination of Lactuca sativa. Aust. J. Soil Res. 6, pp. 179-92.
   
2. Williams, John and Shaykewich, C.F. (1969). An evaluation of PEG6000 and PEG20,000 in the osmotic control of soil water matric potential. Can. J. Soil Sci. 49, pp. 397-401.
   
   
3. Williams, John and Shaykewich, C.F. (1970). The influence of soil water matric potential on the strength properties of unsaturated soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. Proc. 34, pp. 835-40.
   
   
4. Shaykewich, C.F., and Williams, John. (1971). Resistance to water absorption in germinating rapeseed. J. Expt. Bot. 22, pp. 19-24.
   
   
5. Shaykewich, C.F., and Williams, John. (1971). Influence of hydraulic properties of soil on pre-germination water absorption by rapeseed. Agron. J. 63, pp. 454-457.
   
   
6. Williams, John and Shaykewich, C.F. (1970). Influence of soil water matric potential and hydraulic conductivity on the germination of rapeseed. J. Expt. Bot. 22, pp. 586-597.
   
   
7. Williams, John. (1973). The role of soil water in seed germination. In: Seed Ecology. (Ed. W. Heydecker). Butterworths, London. p. 550.
   
   
8. Williams, John. (1974). Root density and water in the soil-plant system. In: Mechanism of Regulation of Plant Growth. (Eds. R.L. Bieleski et al.). Bull. 12 Roy. Soc. N.Z. pp. 373-8.
   
   
9. Williams, John. (1974). Root density and water potential gradients near the plant root. J. Expt. Bot. 25, No. 87, pp. 669-74.
   
   
10. Williams, John. (1975). Water relations of three planting stock types of Pinus caribaea following transplanting. N.Z. J. For. Sci. 5, pp. 87-104.
    
    
11. Richmond, T.A., Williams, John and Datt, U. (1975). Influence of drainage on pH, sulphate content and mechanical strength of a potential acid sulphate soil in Fiji. Trop. Agric. (Trinidad) 52, No. 4, pp. 325-34.
    
    
12. Williams, John. (1976). Dependence of root water potential on root radius and density. J. Expt. Bot. 27, No. 96, pp. 121-24.
    
    
13. Sinclair, D.F., and Williams, John. (1979). Components of variance involved in estimating soil water content and water content change using a neutron moisture meter. Aust. J. Soil Res. 17, pp. 237-247.
    
    
14. Williams, John and Coventry, R.J. (1979). The contrasting soil hydrology of red and yellow earths in a landscape of low relief. pp. 385-395. In: The Hydrology of Areas of Low Precipitation. Proc. Symp. Canberra, 1979, (IAHS-AISH Pub. No. 128).
    
    
15. Sinclair, D.F., and Williams, John. (1979). The effect of components of variance on the design of a neutron moisture meter network. In: The Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Perth 1979. The Institution of Engineers, Australia, pp. 37-38.
    
    
16. Wicking, J.R., Williams, John and Carmichael, P.C. (1980). Serial interfaces for the Ross Recorder. J. of Physics E. Sci. Instrum. 13, pp. 178-181.
    
    
17. Williams, John , Holmes, J.W., Williams, B.G. and Winkworth, R.E. (1981). Application in agriculture, forestry and environmental science. Chap. 2, pp. 3-15. In: Assessment of Soil Water by the Neutron Method. (Ed. E.L. Greacen). (CSIRO: Melbourne).
    
    
18. Williams, John and Sinclair, Dennis F. (1981). Accuracy, bias and precision, Chap. 5, pp. 35-49. In: Soil Water Assessment by the Neutron Method. (Ed. E.L. Greacen). (CSIRO: Melbourne).
    
    
19. Johns, G.G., Cunningham, R.B., Dunin, F.X. and Williams, John. (1981). Site selection and representivity. Chap. 8, pp. 99-116. In: Assessment of Soil Water by the Neutron Method. (Ed. E.L. Greacen). (CSIRO: Melbourne).
    
    
20. Williams, John , Wall, B.H. and McCown, R.L. (1980). Estimation of deep drainage and plant water extraction from soil water measurements. In: Hydrology Symposium, Adelaide, 4-6 Nov. 1980. The Institution of Engineers, Australia, National Conference publication 80/9, pp. 96-100.
    
    
21. Williams, John and Coventry, R.J. (1980). The potential for groundwater recharge through red, yellow, and grey earth profiles in central north Queensland. Australian Water Resources Council, Conference Series No. 3. pp. 169-181. Aust. Govt. Printing Service, Canberra, Australia.
    
    
22. Isbell, R.F. and Williams, John. (1981). Dry soils of Australia: Characteristics and classification. In: Proceedings of Third International Soil Classification Workshop, Damascus, 1981. (Ed. F.H. Beinroth and A. Osman). Damascus, Syria. pp. 124-150.
    
    
23. Williams, John and Isbell, R.F. (1981). The use of soil moisture regimes in soil taxonomy. The USDA Soil Taxonomy in relation to some soils of eastern Queensland. In: Proceedings of a workshop held in Brisbane, November 1981. CSIRO Div. of Soils Report 84. pp. 19-22.
    
    
24. Williams, John. (1982). Principles which determine plant water extraction and deep drainage in the monsoon tropics. In: Proceedings of Australian Society Sugar Cane Technologists 1982 Townsville Conference, pp. 41-54.
    
    
25. Williams, John, Prebble, R.E., Williams, W.T. and Hignett, C.T. (1983). The influence of texture, structure and clay mineralogy on the soil moisture characteristic. Aust. J. Soil Res. 21, pp. 15-32.
    
    
26. Williams, John. (1983). Soil Hydrology. In: Soils: An Australian Viewpoint. Division of Soils, CSIRO. (CSIRO: Melbourne/Academic Press, London). pp. 507-530.
    
    
27. Williams, John and Gardener, C.J. (1984). Environmental constraints to growth and survival of Stylosanthes. In: The Biology and Agronomy of Stylosanthes. (Ed. H.M. Stace and L.A. Edye). (Academic Press, Melbourne, 1984). pp.181-201.
    
    
28. Williams, John, and Probert, M.E. (1984). Characterization of soil-climate constraints for predicting pasture production in the semi-arid tropics. In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Soils. 12-16 September 1983, Townsville, Queensland. (ACIAR-Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia). pp. 61-75.
    
    
29. Williams, John. (1984). Infiltration theory revisited: some implications in water balance modelling. In: Soil Water Balance Modelling in Agriculture: Components and Applications. (QDPI conference and workshop series. QC 84011). pp. 109-118.
    
    
30. Coventry, R.J. and Williams, John. (1984). Quantitative relationships between morphology and current soil hydrology in some alfisols in semiarid tropical Australia. Geoderma 33, pp. 191-218.
    
    
31. Williams, John, Day, K.J., Isbell, R.F. and Reddy, S.J. (1985). Soils and Climate. In: Agro-research for the semi-arid tropics: North-West Australia. (Ed. R.C. Muchow). (University of Queensland Press, mid 1985). pp. 31-92.
    
    
32. Probert, M.E. and Williams, John. (1985). The residual effectiveness of phosphorus for Stylosanthes pastures on red and yellow earths in the semi-arid tropics. Aust. J. Soil Res. 23, pp. 211-22.
    
    
33. Mott, J.J., Williams, John., Andrew, M.H. and Gillison, A.N. Australian Savanna Ecosystems (1985). (In press). In: Ecology and Management of the World's Savannas, Proceedings of the International Savanna Symposium, Brisbane 1984. (Aust. Academy of Science/Academic Press, Melbourne). Ed. by J.C Tothill and J.J. Mott. pp. 56-82
    
    
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35. Ross, P.J., Williams John and McCown, R.L. (1985). Soil temperature and the energy balance of vegetative mulch in the semi-arid tropics.
    1. Static analysis of the radiation balance. Aust. J. Soil Res. 23, pp. 493-514.
    2. Dynamic analysis of the total energy balance. Aust. J. Soil Res. 23, pp. 515-32.
       
       
36. Probert, M.E. and Williams, John. (1986). Effect of phosphorus application on seasonal changes in nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations of four perennial Stylosanthes accessions. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 26, pp. 49-58.
    
    
37. Probert, M.E. and Williams, John. (1986). The nitrogen status of red and yellow earths in the semi-arid tropics as influenced by Caribbean Stylo (Stylosanthes hamata) grown at various rates of applied phosphorus. Aust. J. Soil Res. 24, pp. 405-21.
    
    
38. Murtha, G.G. and Williams, John. (1986). Measurement, prediction and interpretation of soil temperature for use in soil taxonomy: tropical Australian experience. Geoderma 37, pp. 189-206.
    
    
39. Bonell, Mike and Williams, John. (1986). The two parameters of the Philip infiltration equation: Their properties and spatial and temporal heterogeneity in a red earth of tropical semi-arid Queensland. J. of Hydrology 87, pp. 9-31.
    
    
40. Bonell, Mike and Williams, John. (1986). The generation and redistribution of overland flow on a massive Oxic soil in a eucalypt woodland within the semi-arid tropics of north Australia. Hydrological Processes 1, pp. 31-46.
    
    
41. Bonell, Mike, Cassells, David, Gilmour, Don and Williams, John. (1986). Hillslope Hydrology in the Humid and Semi-Arid Tropics of North-East Queensland: A Comparative Study. In: Readings in Australian Geography-proceedings of the 21st Institute of Australian Geographers' Conference, Perth, 10-18 May, 1986. (Ed. Conacher, A.). pp. 379-391.
    
    
42. Williams, John and Bonell, Mike. (1987). Computation of soil infiltration properties from the surface hydrology of large field plots. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Infiltration, Development and Application, 6-9 January, 1987, Honolulu. (Ed. Yu-Si Fok). Water Resources Research Centre, University of Hawaii, 1987. pp. 272-281.
    
    
43. Bristow, K.L. and Williams, John. (1987). Sensitivity of simulated infiltration to changes in soil hydraulic properties. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Infiltration, Development and Application, 6-9 January, 1987, Honolulu. (Ed. Yu-Si Fok). Water Resources Research Centre, University of Hawaii, 1987. pp. 555-564.
    
    
44. Bonell Mike and Williams, John. (1987). Infiltration and redistribution of overland flow and sediment on low relief landscape of semi-arid, tropical Queensland. In: Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management. Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Symposium, Vancouver, 1987 (IAHS-AISH Publication No. 167). pp. 199-211.
    
    
45. Bristow, K.L., Williams, John and Ross, P.J. (1987). Soil hydraulic properties - their use in estimating infiltration. In: Proceedings of National Workshop on the Effect of Management on Soil Physical Properties, 7-10 September 1987, QDPI, Toowoomba, Australia. pp. 203-208.
    
    
46. Williams, John, Ross, P.J. and Bristow, K.L. (1987). Soil physical processes, the properties that control them, and their effects on plant growth. In: Proceedings of the National Workshop on the Effects of Management Practices on Soil Physical Properties, 7-10 September 1987, QDPI, Toowoomba, Australia. pp. 195-200.
    
    
47. Williams, John, McCown, R.L., Bristow, K.L. and Ross, P.J. (1987). Analysis and interpretation of ponded infiltration in the comparison of tillage systems in the semi-arid tropics. In: Proceedings of the National Workshop on the Effect of Management on Soil Physical Properties, 7-10 September 1987, QDPI, Toowoomba, Australia. pp. 61-65.
    
    
48. Bristow, K.L. and Williams, John. (1987). The influence of mulch canopy architecture on temperatures near the soil surface. Flow and Transport in the Natural Environment: Advances and Applications. Aug. 31 - Sept. 4, 1987, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, Australia.
    
    
49. Williams, John and Bonell, Mike. (1988). The Influence of scale of measurement on the spatial and temporal variability of the Philip infiltration parameters - an experimental study in an Australian savannah woodland. J. of Hydrology. 104, pp. 33-51.
    
    
50. Bonnell, Mike and Williams, John. (1989). Reply to P.I.A. Kinnell's comments on 'The generation and redistribution of overland flow on a massive oxic soil in a eucalypt woodland within the semi-arid tropics of north Australia'. Hydrological Processes 1, pp.31-46 (1986). Hydrological Processes 3, pp. 97-100.
    
    
51. McCown, R.L. and Williams, John. (1990). The water environment and implications for productivity. J. Biogeog. 17, pp. 513-520.
    
    
52. Williams, John. (1989). Land degradation: Evidence that current farming practice is not sustainable. In: Proceedings of Farm Management Society Conference, 'Management for Sustainable Farming', Emerald, Queensland, March 29-31, 1989. pp. 1-35.
    
    
53. McCown, R.L. and Williams, John. (1989). AUSIM: A cropping systems model for operational research. In: Proceedings of the Simulation Society of Australia and International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 8th Biennial Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, 25-27 September 1989. pp. 54-59.
    
    
54. Bonnell, Mike and Williams, John. (1989). Hillslope hydrology in the Australian tropics: A comparison with temperate studies. In: "Comparisons in Austral Hydrology". Proceedings of Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Christchurch, New Zealand, 28-30 November, 1989. pp. 386-391.
    
    
55. Gillard, Peter, Williams, John and Monypenny, Richard. (1989). Clearing trees from Australia's semi-arid tropics: Production, economic and long term hydrological responses. Agricultural Science 2, pp. 34-39.
    
    
56. Gardener, C.J., McIvor, J.G. and Williams, John. (1990). Dry tropical rangelands: solving one problem and creating another. Proc. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 16, pp. 279-286.
    
    
57. Coventry, R.J. and Williams, John (1990). Soil resources for sustainable agriculture: A Queensland perspective. In: Sustainability in Queensland Agriculture: the role of landcare in securing the future. Proceedings of the Land Care Symposium, Brisbane 20 October 1989. (Eds. Blamey, F.P.C and Strong, W.M.). AIAS Occasional Publication No. 44 (Melbourne). pp. 5-18.
    
    
58. Williams, John, Ross, P.J. and Bristow, K.L. (1991). Perspicacity, Precision and Pragmatism in Modelling Crop Water Supply. In: Modelling Crop Water Supply - In Climatic Risk in Crop Production: Models and Management for the Semiarid Tropics and Subtropics. (Eds. Muchow, R.C. and Bellamy, J.A). CAB International, London. pp. 73-96.
    
    
59. Williams, John. (1991). Search for sustainability: agriculture and its place in the natural ecosystem. Agricultural Science 4, pp. 32-39.
    
    
60. Williams, John and Chartres, C.J. (1991). Sustaining productive pastures in the tropics: 1. Managing the soil resource. Tropical Grasslands 25, pp. 73-84.
    
    
61. Ross, P.J., Williams, John and Bristow, K.L. (1991). An equation for extending water retention curves to dryness. J. Amer. Soc Soil Sci. 55, pp. 923-927.
    
    
62. Cresswell, H.P., Smiles, D.E. and Williams, John (1992). Soil structure, soil hydraulic properties and the soil water balance. Aust. J. Soil Res. 30, pp. 250-256.
    
    
63. Chartres, C.J., Helyar, K.R., Fitzpatrick, R.W. and Williams, John. (1992). Changes in soil properties resulting from European settlement of Australia. In: Australia's Renewable Resources - Sustainability and Global Change. Proceedings IGBP International Workshop No.14, October 1990, Bureau of Rural Resources, Canberra, pp. 3-33.
    
    
64. Okwach, G., Williams, John and Wambua, J. (1992). Assessment and alleviation of the impact of runoff and erosion on crop production. In: A Search for Strategies for Sustainable Dryland Cropping in Eastern Kenya. Proceedings KARI/ACIAR/CSIRO Symposium, Nairobi, 10-11 December 1990, ACIAR, Canberra, pp. 72-82.
    
    
65. Williams, John, Ross, P.J. and Bristow, K.L. (1992). Prediction of the Campbell water retention function from texture, structure, and organic matter. In: Proceedings International Workshop on Indirect Methods for Estimating the Hydraulic Properties of Unsaturated Soil, 11-13 October 1989, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA. pp. 427-441.
    
    
66. Williams, John and Hook, R.A. (1992). Search for ecological sustainability in Australian agriculture. In: Proceedings International Conference on Sustainable Land Management, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, 18-23 November 1991. (Ed. Henriques, Paul). International Pacific College, New Zealand. pp. 434-448.
    
    
67. Williams, John, Helyar, K., Greene, R.S.B. and Hook, R.A. (1994). Soil characteristics and processes critical to the sustainable use of grasslands in arid, semi-arid and seasonally dry environments. In: Proceedings 17th International Grassland Congress, February 1993, Palmerston North, Hamilton, Lincoln, New Zealand and Rockhampton, Australia. pp. 1335-1350.
    
    
68. Williams, John, Bui, E.N., Gardner, E.N., Littleboy, M. and Probert, M.E. (1993). Tree retention and dryland salinity control in the upper Burdekin catchment of north Queensland. In: Proceedings of National Conference on Land Management for Dryland Salinity Control, 28 September-1 October 1993, Bendigo, pp. 135-145.
    
    
69. McIvor, J.G., John Williams and the late C.J. Gardner (1995). Pasture management influences runoff and soil movement in the semi-arid tropics. Aust. J. Expt. Agric. 35, pp. 55-65.
    
    
70. Williams, John (1995). Farming without Harming: How Australia Made Rural Industries Sustainable. In: Challenge to Change: Australia in 2020 (Eds. Richard Eckersley and Kevin Jeans), CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia. pp. 223-240.
    
    
71. Hamblin, A.P. and Williams, John (1995). Soils: Key issues in sustaining the land resource base. In: Sustaining the Agricultural Resource Base, Prime Minister's Science and Engineering Council, 12th Meeting, Canberra, ACT, 23 June 1995. pp. 31-39.
    
    
72. Winter, W.H. and Williams, John (1996). Managing resources and resolving conflicts: the role of science. In: The Future of Tropical Savannas: An Australian Perspective (Ed. Andrew Ash), CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia. pp. 220-27.
    
    
73. Bui, E.N., Smettem, K.R.J., Moran, C.J. and Williams, John (1996). Use of soil survey information to assess regional salinization risk using geographical information systems. J. Environmental Quality 25(3), pp. 433-439.
    
    
74. Reuter, D.J., Peverill, K., Cox, J. and Williams, John (1996). Nutrients and the environment. In: Proceedings of Grassland Society of Victoria Inc. 37th Annual Conference and Trade Fair - "Soils, Plants, Animals: The Big Picture", Monash University, Vic., 26-28 June 1996 (Ed. Lisa Warn). pp. 26-38.
    
    
75. Williams, John, Bui, E.N., Gardner, E.A., Littleboy, Mark and Probert, M.E. (1997). Tree clearing and dryland salinity hazard in the upper Burdekin Catchment of North Queensland. Aust. J. Soil Res. 35, pp. 785-801.
    
    
76. Williams, John and Hook, R.A. (1998). Livestock management for catchment care: what role quality assurance? Animal Production in Australia 22, pp. 27-37.
    
    
77. Hook, R.A. and John Williams (1998). Dryland Farming regions and systems in Australia. In: Farming Action - Catchment Reaction: the effect of dryland farming on the natural environment. (Eds John Williams, Rosemary A. Hook and Hester L. Gascoigne), CSIRO Publications, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. pp. 132-140.
    
    
78. Williams, John (1998). The capability of current models to predict production and the effect of dryland farming systems on catchment land and water quality - a brief overview. In: Farming Action - Catchment Reaction: the effect of dryland farming on the natural environment. (Eds John Williams, Rosemary A. Hook and Hester L. Gascoigne), CSIRO Publications, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. pp. 269-273.
    
    
79. Williams, John, Hook, Rosemary A. and Gascoigne, Hester L. (Eds) (1998). Farming Action - Catchment Reaction: the effect of dryland farming on the natural environment. CSIRO Publications, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 416 pp.
    
    
80. Dunin, F.X., Williams, John, Verburg, Kirsten and Keating, B.A. (in press). Can agricultural management emulate natural ecosystems in recharge control across southern Australia? In: Agriculture as a mimic of natural ecosystems (Eds Ted Lefroy and Richard Hobbs), Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, UK. Chapter 15, pp.