Economic implications of brush treatments to improve water yield

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-345

  Olenick, Keith L ^a   Conner, J Richard ^a   Wilkins, R Neal ^a   Kreuter, Urs P ^a   Hamilton, Wayne T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush management; Cost sharing; Edwards Aquifer; Rangeland restoration; Twin Buttes Reservoir; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER YIELD; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16244386569     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2004)057[0337:eiobtt]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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