Grazing management impacts on ecosystem services under contrasting climatic conditions in Texas and North Dakota

JJ Kim, S Ale, UP Kreuter, WR Teague - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grazing management is an important factor affecting the delivery of ecosystem services at
the watershed scale. Moreover, characterizing the impacts of climate variation on water …

Improving SWAT auto-irrigation functions for simulating agricultural irrigation management using long-term lysimeter field data

Y Chen, GW Marek, TH Marek, DK Brauer… - … modelling & software, 2018 - Elsevier
Decreasing groundwater availability in the Texas High Plains has resulted in the
widespread adoption of management allowed depletion (MAD) irrigation scheduling …

Assessing the watershed-scale effects of tillage management on surface runoff and sediment loss using a Curve Number-precipitation relationship based approach

S Samanta, S Ale, DK Bagnall, CLS Morgan - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Poor soil management limits the soil functions of water infiltration and storage and enhances
water and soil losses. Adoption of improved soil management practices is thus vital to …

Predicting streamflow and nutrient loadings in a semi-arid Mediterranean watershed with ephemeral streams using the SWAT model

G Pulighe, G Bonati, M Colangeli, L Traverso, F Lupia… - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Predicting the availability and quality of freshwater resources is a pressing concern in the
Mediterranean area, where a number of agricultural systems depend solely on precipitation …

Improving water resilience with more perennially based agriculture

AD Basche, OF Edelson - Agroecology and Sustainable Food …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Land conversion from natural to managed ecosystems, while necessary for food production,
continues to occur at high rates with significant water impacts. Further, increased rainfall …

Assessing the efficacy of the SWAT auto-irrigation function to simulate irrigation, evapotranspiration, and crop response to management strategies of the Texas high …

Y Chen, GW Marek, TH Marek, DK Brauer… - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
In the semi-arid Texas High Plains, the underlying Ogallala Aquifer is experiencing
continuing decline due to long-term pumping for irrigation with limited recharge. Accurate …

Development and evaluation of soil moisture‐based indices for agricultural drought monitoring

ES Krueger, TE Ochsner, SM Quiring - Agronomy Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas In situ soil moisture data were used to develop agricultural‐drought indices.
Promising indices were directly linked to drought impacts (ie, lower crop yield). Preferred …

Multi-variable sensitivity analysis, calibration, and validation of a field-scale SWAT model: building stakeholder trust in hydrologic and water quality modeling

R Karki, P Srivastava, DD Bosch, L Kalin… - Transactions of the …, 2020 - elibrary.asabe.org
Highlights SWAT can adequately simulate runoff, soil moisture, cotton and peanut yields,
and nitrate at field scale. Muskingum routing and adjusting DIS_STREAM are important to …

Enhancing SWAT simulation of forest ecosystems for water resource assessment: A case study in the St. Croix River basin

Q Yang, JE Almendinger, X Zhang, M Huang… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Forests often cover a significant portion of a watershed and play an important role in water,
carbon, and nutrient cycling. The widely-used Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) has …

Preliminary farm-level estimation of 20-year impact of introduction of energy crops in conventional farms in the UK

OCD Anejionu, J Woods - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
There is a renewed interest in large-scale production of non-food energy crops in the UK to
enable it to meet its renewable energy targets. There are strong indications that with …