Gw. Frasier et al., RAINFALL SIMULATION TO EVALUATE INFILTRATION RUNOFF CHARACTERISTICS OF A SHORTGRASS PRAIRIE, Journal of soil and water conservation, 50(5), 1995, pp. 460-463
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Water Resources",Ecology,"Agriculture Soil Science
A rotating boom rainfall simulator was wed to evaluate the effects on
infiltration and runoff of removing cattle from a native shortgrass ra
ngeland site in the Central Great Plains. Study sites included three p
astures which had been grazed at the same intensities for 53 years. Af
ter 1 year there were changes in the initial dry run equilibrium runof
f ratio on the area that had been heavily grazed. No changes were evid
ent in the final wet-wet equilibrium runoff ratios after 2 years. Thes
e results indicate that changes in the infiltration parameters of the
surface soil layers occur within 2 years after removal of cattle grazi
ng but no changes occurred at the deeper soil depths, which affect lon
g-term equilibrium infiltration. We-wet equilibrium runoff ratios decr
eased on the light and moderate grazed areas over the 3-year time span
.