Dr John Williams

John WilliamsBSc Agr (Hons) (USYD), PhD (USYD)

Expertise

Background

Publications & Speeches

Australian Agriculture - Redesigning for Resilience

Food versus environment - and the winner is?

Our coasts - meeting the challenges

Managing the population-environment nexus under climate shift

The Farrer Oration for 2005: Sustainable Agriculture in Australia

Can Australia overcome its water scarcity problems?

Farming in the Future

Can We Myth-Proof Australia?

Redesign of plant production systems for Australian Landscapes

Healthy Rivers and Catchments

 

Publication Links

Conserving land and water for society: global challenges and perspectives

Wealth from Water: A National Perspective

Land use and natural ecosystems: A revolution in land use is the key to a sustainable landscape

Ch 21 Dryland Salinisation: A Challenge for Land and Water Management in the Australian Landscape.

Farming Without Harming in an Old, Flat, Salty Landscape

A Revolution in Land Use: Emerging Land Use Systems for Managing Dryland Salinity

Effectiveness of Current Farming Systems in the Control of Dryland Salinity

Publication list

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.

 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.

 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.

 Shaykewich, C.F., and Williams, John (1971). Resistance to water absorption in germinating rapeseed. J. Expt. Bot. 22, pp. 19-24.

 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.

 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.

 Williams, John (1973). The role of soil water in seed germination. In: Seed Ecology. (Ed. W. Heydecker). Butterworths, London, p. 550.

 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.

 Williams, John (1974). Root density and water potential gradients near the plant root. J. Expt. Bot. 25, No. 87, pp. 669-74.

 Williams, John (1975). Water relations of three planting stock types of Pinus caribaea following transplanting. N.Z. J. For. Sci. 5, pp. 87-104.

 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.

 Williams, John (1976). Dependence of root water potential on root radius and density. J. Expt. Bot. 27, No. 96, pp. 121-24.

 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.

 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).

 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.

 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.

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).

 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).

 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).

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 Williams, John (1983). Soil Hydrology. In: Soils: An Australian Viewpoint. Division of Soils, CSIRO. (CSIRO: Melbourne/Academic Press, London). pp. 507‑530.

 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.

Williams J., Walker GR, Hatton TJ (2002) Dryland salinisation: A challenge for land and water management in the Australian landscape.  In: P.E. Haygarth and F.E. Jarvis (eds) Agriculture, Hydrology and Water Quality.  CAB International, London.

Williams J. (2003).  Can we myth-proof Australia.  Australasian Science.  Vol 24, No 1.

Williams J. (2004).  Wealth from water:  A national perspective.  In: Batten, G and Kent J., (Eds) Wealth from Water, Charles Sturt University and Wagga Wagga Chamber of Commerce and Industry, p24-36.

Williams, J. and Saunders, D.A. (2005) Land Use and Natural Ecosystems Ch3 in Search for Sustainability (Eds J. Goldie, Bob Douglas & Bryan Furnass), CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 2005.  See http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/20/pid/4790.htm.

Chartres C.J. and Williams, John, (2006) Can Australia overcome its water scarcity problems?  Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture 1:17-24.

Williams, J. and McKenzie, F., (2008).  'Agriculture' in 10 Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment.  Lindenmayer, D.B., Dovers, S., Hariss Olsen and Morton, S. (eds). CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Bonell, Mike and Williams, John (2009).  A Review of Hydrology Research Within the Open Eucalypt Woodlands of Tropical Semi-Arid Australia:  A Possible Source of Baseline Information for the West African Sahel.  Sécheresse Journal 20 (1), 31-47.