Hydrologic impacts of mechanical seeding treatments on sagebrush rangelands

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 666-674

  Pierson, Frederick B ^a   Blackburn, Wilbert H ^b   Van Vactor, Steven S ^a  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheatgrass; Disk chain; Erosion; Hydrology; Infiltration; Rangeland drill

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERSISTENCE; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; SEEDING; SHRUB; SOIL PROPERTY;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 36749019740     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-013R1.1     Document Type: Article

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