Does shrub removal increase groundwater recharge in southwestern texas semiarid rangelands?

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Moore, Georgianne W ^a   Barre, David A ^b   Owens, M Keith ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brush management; CarrizoWilcox aquifer; chloride mass balance; deep drainage; natural tracer; soil water balance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CHLORIDE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RANGELAND; RECHARGE; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOTING; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; TRACER; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER BUDGET;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856061277     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00055.1     Document Type: Article

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