Contrasting watershed-scale trends in runoff and sediment yield complicate  rangeland water resources planning

Berg, Matthew D.; Marcantonio, Franco; Allison, Mead A.; McAlister, Jason; Wilcox, Bradford P.; Fox, William E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2295-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2295-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2295-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 6

Research article

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15 Jun 2016

Research article |

| 15 Jun 2016

Contrasting watershed-scale trends in runoff and sediment yield complicate rangeland water resources planning

Matthew D. Berg, Franco Marcantonio, Mead A. Allison, Jason McAlister, Bradford P. Wilcox, and William E. Fox

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Berg et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Jan 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer Comments', Matthew Berg, 27 Jan 2016
RC2: 'Comment for Contrasting watershed-scale trends in runoff and sediment yield complicate rangeland water resources planning', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Apr 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (05 Apr 2016) by Lixin Wang

AR by Matthew Berg on behalf of the Authors (18 May 2016)

ED: Publish as is (20 May 2016) by Lixin Wang

AR by Matthew Berg on behalf of the Authors (20 May 2016)

Short summary

Rangelands, from grasslands to woodlands, cover much of the earth. These areas face great pressure to meet growing water needs. Data on large-scale dynamics that drive water planning remain rare. Our watershed-scale results challenge simplistic hydrological assumptions. Streamflow was resilient to dramatic landscape changes. These changes did shape sediment yield, affecting water storage. Understanding these processes is vital to projections of rangeland water resources in a changing world.