@conference {50711, title = {Factors influencing the spatial variability of runoff at differing scales in the Jornada Basin}, booktitle = {Sixth Symposium on the Natural Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert Region}, year = {2004}, month = {October 15, 2004}, pages = {39}, address = {Alpine, TX}, abstract = {
Factors that cause high spatial variability of water in arid regions include precipitation, soil, physiographic, and vegetation characteristics. The inherent heterogeneity of arid lands causes areas of runoff and run-on at the individual plant scale as well as in large area patterns of banded vegetation and beaded drainage networks where run-on and infiltration spur vegetation growth. To rehabilitate degraded rangeland, it is wise to mimic nature by diverting water to target areas to create islands of hydrologically enhanced productivity or by installing structures, such as water ponding dikes, to promote a landscape change to resemble natural vegetation patterns
Note: This paper is an executive summary of the full length manuscript: Rango, A., S.L.
Tartowski, A. Laliberte, J. Wainwright, and A. Parsons. 2006. Islands of hydrologically enhanced
biotic productivity in natural and manged arid ecosystems. Journal of Arid Environments 65(2):235-252.
}, keywords = {arid climates, hydrologically enhanced productivity, Jornada Basin, physiographic, precipitation, runoff, soil, spatial variability}, author = {A. Rango and S. Tartowski and Andrea S. Laliberte and John Wainwright and A.J. Parsons} }