Modeling effects of brush management on the Rangeland water budget: Edwards Plateau, Texas

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 181-193

  Afinowicz, Jason D ^a   Munster, Clyde L ^a   Wilcox, Bradford P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush management; Edwards Plateau; Evapotranspiration; Range hydrology; SWAT; Water budget

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOILS; STREAM FLOW;

BASEFLOW; RANGELANDS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL (SWAT);

WATERSHEDS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; WATER BUDGET;

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

EID: 17244373434     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03727.x     Document Type: Article

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