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Michelle L Cavanaugh
                        Southwest Watershed Research Center

                        




                        
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Evolution of rock cover, surface roughness, and its effect on soil erosion under simulated rainfall
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Li, L., Nearing, M.A., Polyakov, V.O., Nichols, M.H., Pierson Jr, F.B., Cavanaugh, M.L. 2020. Evolution of rock cover, surface roughness, and its effect on soil erosion under simulated rainfall. Geoderma. 379. Article 114622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114622.Evolution of rock cover, surface roughness, and flow velocity on stony soil under simulated rainfall
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Li, L., Nearing, M.A., Polyakov, V.O., Nichols, M.H., Cavanaugh, M.L. 2020. Evolution of rock cover, surface roughness, and flow velocity on stony soil under simulated rainfall. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Society. 65(5):651-668. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2020.00086.Temporal and spatial evolution of soil surface roughness on stony plots
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Li, L., Nearing, M.A., Nichols, M.H., Polyakov, V.O., Winter, C., Cavanaugh, M.L. 2020. Temporal and spatial evolution of soil surface roughness on stony plots. Soil & Tillage Research. 200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2019.104526.The effects of DEM interpolation on quantifying soil surface roughness using terrestrial LiDAR
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Li, L., Nearing, M.A., Nichols, M.H., Polyakov, V.O., Guertin, D., Cavanaugh, M.L. 2020. The effects of DEM interpolation on quantifying soil surface roughness using terrestrial LiDAR. Soil and Tillage Research. 198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2019.104520.Using terrestrial LiDAR to measure water erosion on stony plots under simulated rainfall
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Li, L., Nearing, M.A., Nichols, M.H., Polyakov, V.O., Cavanaugh, M.L. 2019. Using terrestrial LiDAR to measure water erosion on stony plots under simulated rainfall. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 45(2):484-495. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4749.An improved excavation method for measuring bulk density of rocky soil using terrestrial LiDAR
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Polyakov, V.O., Nearing, M.A., Nichols, M.H., Cavanaugh, M.L. 2019. An improved excavation method for measuring bulk density of rocky soil using terrestrial LiDAR.  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 74(3):265-268. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.74.3.319.Water-use-efficiency of annual-dominated and bunchgrass-dominated savanna intercanopy space
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Hamerlynck, E.P., Scott, R.L., Cavanaugh, M.L., Barron Gafford, B. 2013. Water-use-efficiency of annual-dominated and bunchgrass-dominated savanna intercanopy space. Ecohydrology. 7:1208-1215. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1452.Cool-season whole-plant gas exchange of exotic and native desert semiarid bunchgrasses

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Hamerlynck, E.P., Scott, R.L., Barron-Gafford, B., Cavanaugh, M.L., Moran, M.S., Huxman, T. 2012. Cool-season whole-plant gas exchange of exotic and native desert semiarid bunchgrasses. Plant Ecology. 213:1229–1239.  DOI 10.1007/s11258-012-0081-x.Cool-season whole-plant gas exchange of exotic and native semiarid bunchgrasses
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Hamerlynck, E.P., Scott, R.L., Barron-Gafford, G., Cavanaugh, M.L., Moran, M., Huxman, T. 2012. Cool-season whole-plant gas exchange of exotic and native semiarid bunchgrasses. Plant Ecology. 213:1229-1239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-012-0081-x.Evapotranspiration partitioning in semiarid shrubland ecosystems: A two-site evaluation of soil moisture control on transpiration

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Cavanaugh, M.L., Kurc, S.A., Scott, R.L. 2011. Evapotranspiration partitioning in semiarid shrubland ecosystems: A two-site evaluation of soil moisture control on transpiration. Ecohydrology. 4:671-681.Two-Site Comparison of Transpiration by Larrea Tridentata                                                                  2024

- (Abstract Only)Cavanaugh, M.L., Kurc, S., Scott, R.L., Bryant, R.B. 2008. Two-Site Comparison of Transpiration by Larrea Tridentata.  [abstract].  EOS Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., B43C-0448.


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