Modeling soil erosion on steep sagebrush rangeland before and after prescribed fire

Catena

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 218-228

  Moffet, Corey A ^a   Pierson, Frederick B ^b   Robichaud, Peter R ^c   Spaeth, Kenneth E ^d   Hardegree, Stuart P ^b  

^a USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Darcy Weisbach roughness; Rill erodibility; Rill erosion; Rill width; Shear stress; WEPP

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ERODIBILITY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; GROUND COVER; MODELING; RANGELAND; RILL; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 34548402050     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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