Potential mediation of subterranean termites in infiltration, runoff, and erosional soil loss on a desert watershed

Potential mediation of subterranean termites in infiltration, runoff, and erosional soil loss on a desert watershed. Elkins, N. Z. Ph.D. Thesis, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1983.
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The effects of subterranean termite activity on hydrologic responses from small plots of varying vegetal cover receiving simulated rainfall were investigated on a Chihuahuan desert watershed. Chlordane, a highly recalcitrant insecticide, was used as a chemical machanism for the elimination of termite activity. A spray nozzle infiltrometer was used to deliver an approximate 5 in/hr rainfall intensity for a duration of 45 minutes to each 1 m2 plot. Two simulated rain events were applied to each selected plot to emulate both dry and wet antecedent soil moisture conditions....These investigations demonstrated that under conditions of low vegetational density, characteristic of most arid and semi-arid ecosystems, the eradication or alteration of biological components of those ecosystems might initialize or accelerate desertification processes culminating in elevated system stress and lower productivity.

@phdthesis{elkins_potential_1983,
	address = {Las Cruces, New Mexico},
	title = {Potential mediation of subterranean termites in infiltration, runoff, and erosional soil loss on a desert watershed},
	abstract = {The effects of subterranean termite activity on hydrologic responses from small plots of varying vegetal cover receiving simulated rainfall were investigated on a Chihuahuan desert watershed. Chlordane, a highly recalcitrant insecticide, was used as a chemical machanism for the elimination of termite activity.  A spray nozzle infiltrometer was used to deliver an approximate 5 in/hr rainfall intensity for a duration of 45 minutes to each 1 m2 plot.  Two simulated rain events were applied to each selected plot to emulate both dry and wet antecedent soil moisture conditions....These investigations demonstrated that under conditions of low vegetational density, characteristic of most arid and semi-arid ecosystems, the eradication or alteration of biological components of those ecosystems might initialize or accelerate desertification processes culminating in elevated system stress and lower productivity.},
	school = {New Mexico State University},
	author = {Elkins, Ned Z.},
	year = {1983},
	keywords = {JRN}
}

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