Water balance of a stock-watering pond in the Flint Hills of Kansas

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-338

  Duesterhaus, J L ^a   Ham, Jay M ^a   Owensby, C E ^a   Murphy, J T ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Hydrology; Runoff; Seepage; Tallgrass prairie; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DRINKING; EVAPORATION; HILL; POND; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 62149139017     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-097.1     Document Type: Article

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