Long-term trends in streamflow from semiarid rangelands: Uncovering drivers of change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1676-1689

  Wilcox, Bradford P ^a   Huang, Yun ^a   Walker, John W ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Grazing; Juniper; Land cover change; Land use; Mesquite; Precipitation; Rangeland hydrology; Runoff; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; ECOHYDROLOGY; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

CONCHO RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; JUNIPERUS; PROSOPIS;

EID: 44849117897     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01578.x     Document Type: Article

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