Long-term water balance in a semiarid shrubland

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 600-606

  Wilcox, Bradford P ^a   Dowhower, Steven L ^b   Teague, W Richard ^b   Thurow, Thomas L ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Mesquite; Range hydrology; Redberry juniper; Runoff; Soil water

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RANGELAND; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; PROSOPIS;

EID: 33845489781     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-014R3.1     Document Type: Article

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