Large-scale rainfall simulation experiments on juniper rangelands

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1951-1961

  Taucer, Philip I ^a   Munster, Clyde L ^a,c   Wilcox, Bradford P ^a   Owens, M Keith ^b   Mohanty, Binayak P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c West Campus TAMU ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ashe juniper; Interflow; Karst; Rainfall simulation; Runoff; Shrub removal

Indexed keywords

ASHE JUNIPER; INTERFLOW; KARST; RAINFALL SIMULATION; SHRUB REMOVAL;

AQUIFERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LANDFORMS; ROADS AND STREETS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS;

RUNOFF;

AQUIFER; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERB; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RANGELAND; SOIL WATER;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS ASHEI;

EID: 58149234568     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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