A COMPARISON OF TWO MODELS FOR SIMULATING THE WATER BALANCE OF SOIL COVERS UNDER SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 688-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy A. Chammas ◽  
Michael Geddis ◽  
Douglas R. McCaulou
Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Ioannis N. Daliakopoulos ◽  
Ioanna Panagea ◽  
Luca Brocca ◽  
Erik van den Elsen

Under arid conditions, where water availability is the limiting factor for plant survival, water balance models can be used to explain vegetation dynamics. [...]


2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermes Alves de Almeida ◽  
Danilo Barbosa Aguiar ◽  
José Nivaldo Silva ◽  
João Damaseceno

As condições áridas ou semiáridas são sempre associadas com a susceptibilidade ao processo de degradação de terras. Assim sendo, houve a necessidade de se estabelecer indicadores hídricos das localidades de Santa Luzia, São José do Sabugi e Várzea, pertencentes ao núcleo de desertificação da microrregião do Seridó Ocidental da Paraíba, utilizando-se índices de seca meteorológica e do balanço hídrico climatológico, sendo essas determinações os objetivos principais deste trabalho. As séries pluviais dos referidos locais foram agrupadas e analisadas usando-se critérios da estatística climatológica, sendo estabelecido o regime pluvial, o índice de anomalia de chuva (IAC), o balanço hídrico climatológico e os índices de aridez, hídrico e de umidade efetiva. Os principais resultados mostraram que o regime pluvial do referido núcleo de desertificação é extremamente irregular, assimétrico e a curta estação chuvosa, perdura por cerca de três meses (fevereiro a abril), e chove o equivalente a 65 % do total anual. O IAC mostrou ser um bom indicador da variabilidade do regime pluvial, além de detectar períodos secos ou chuvosos e estabelecer as categorias de seca meteorológica. O predomínio significativo da deficiência hídrica, em quase todos os meses do ano, contribui para a susceptibilidade ao processo de degradação ambiental na microrregião do Seridó Ocidental da Paraíba.    ABSTRACT Arid or semi-arid conditions are always associated with susceptibility to land degradation process. Therefore, it was necessary to establish indicators of water localities of Santa Luzia, São José do Sabugi and Várzea, belonging to the nucleus of desertification of micro region western of the Paraíba, using indices of dry weather and water balance these determinations are the main objectives of this work. The rainfall series from such locations were contained and analyzed being used criteria of the climatologically statistics, rainfall patterns being established, the rainfall anomaly index (IAC), the water balance and the index of aridity, water and effective moisture. The principal results showed that rainfall regime of the referred nucleus desertification is extremely irregular, asymmetric and short rainy season lasts for about three months (February-April), and it rains the equivalent of 65% of the annual. The IAC has proved to be a good indicator of the variability of rainfall patterns and to detect dry or rainy periods and establish categories of dry weather. The significant prevalence of water deficit in almost every month of the year, contributes to susceptibility to environmental degradation in the micro region of Western Seridó of Paraíba. Key-words: climate, environmental degradation, droughts indexes, aridity  


1990 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 429-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
O.A. Chivinge ◽  
B. Mpofu
Keyword(s):  

1969 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Fahmy ◽  
E. Salah E. Galal ◽  
Y. S. Ghanem ◽  
S. S. Khishin

SUMMARYRecords on 695 lambs were collected over a period of 5 years from 1961/62 to 1965/66, at Ras El-Hekma Desert Research Station, 230 km west of Alexandria. The characters studied were birth, weaning and yearling body weights, pre- and post-weaning daily gains and greasy fleece weight.Birth, 120-day and 365-day body weights were 3·4, 18·2 and 33·4 kg respectively. Greasy fleece weight at 16 months of age was 3·29 kg. Heritability estimates of birth, weaning, yearling weights, pre- and post-weaning daily gains and greasy fleece weight were 0·22, 0·45, 0·41,0·45 and 0·29 respectively. Genetic and phenotypic correlations between birth, weaning and yearling weights were all positive and significant. Genetic correlations between fleece weight and body characteristics were negative and low.


Weed Research ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cavero ◽  
Zaragoza ◽  
Suso ◽  
Pardo
Keyword(s):  

2005 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tsubo ◽  
S. Walker ◽  
M. Hensley

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
THAÍZA MABELLE DE VASCONCELOS BATISTA ◽  
FRANCISCO BEZERRA NETO ◽  
ÍTALO NUNES SILVA ◽  
MAIELE LEANDRO DA SILVA ◽  
ELIANE QUEIROGA DE OLIVEIRA ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to evaluate the agronomic efficiency of intercropping combinations of carrot and arugula at different population densities in bicropping in the semi-arid conditions of the Brazilian Northeast. The study was conducted at the "Rafael Fernandes" Experimental Farm of the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA) during the period September 2011 to February 2012. The experimental design was of randomized complete blocks with treatments arranged in a 4 x 4 factorial scheme with four replications. The combinations were four population densities of carrot (40, 60, 80 and 100% of the recommended population in sole crop - RPSC) with four population densities of arugula (40, 60, 80 and 100% of the RPSC). The recommended population densities for sole crops of carrot and arugula are 500,000 and 1,000,000 plants per hectare, respectively. All treatments were fertilized with hairy woodrose (Merremia aegyptia L.), a spontaneous species of the Caatinga biome. The highest agronomic efficiency of carrot intercropped with arugula in bicropping was achieved in the combination of 40% of RPSC for the carrot and 100% of RPSC for the arugula. The commercial maximum yield (33.74 t ha-1) of carrot roots and the maximum yields of arugula green mass (8.06 and 2.67 t ha-1) in both cultivations were also obtained in the combination of population densities of 40% of RPSC for carrot and 100% of RPSC for arugula.


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