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Department of Rangeland Ecology & Management

Texas A&M University

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Referred Journals

    Birnbaum, J. S., K. O. Winemiller, S. Li, C. L. Munster, B. P. Wilcox, and R. L. Wilkens. 2007. Associations of watershed vegetation and environmental variabiles with fish and crayfish assemblages in headwater streams of the Pedernales River, central Texas. River Research and Application (in press).

    Wilcox, B. P., S. L. Dowhower, W. R. Teague, and T. L. Thurow. 2006. Long-term water balance on shrublands in the Texas Rolling Plains. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 59:600–606.

    Munster, C. L., P. Taucer*, B. P. Wilcox, S. C. Porter, and C. E. Richards. 2006. A large-scale rainfall simulator for rangeland research. Transactions of the ASABE. 49:915–924.

    Huang, Y*. B. P. Wilcox, and H. Perotto. 2006. Springs on Rangelands. Hydrological Processes. 20:3277–3288

    Seyfried, M. S., and B. P. Wilcox. 2006. Soil water storage and rooting depth: key factors controlling recharge on rangelands. Hydrological Processes. 20:3261–3276.

    Wilcox, B. P., K. W. Owens, W. A. Dugas, D. N. Ueckert, and C. A. Hart. 2006. Shrubs, streamflow and the paradox of scale. Hydrological Processes. 20:3245–3260.

    Wilcox, B. P., and T. L. Thurow. 2006. Emerging issues in rangeland ecohydrology--Introduction. Hydrological Processes. 20:3155–3158.

    Newman, B. D., B. P. Wilcox, S. Archer, D. D. Breshears, C. N. Dahm, C. J. Duffy, N. G. McDowell, F. M. Phillips, B. R. Scanlon, and E. R. Vivoni. 2006. The ecohydrology of arid and semiarid environments: a scientific vision paper. Water Resources Research. 42: Art.No. WO6302.

    Wilcox, B. P. and T. L. Thurow. 2006. Emerging issues in rangeland ecohydrology: Vegetation change and the water cycle. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59: 220–224.

    Taucer, P. I., C. L. Munster, and B. P. Wilcox. 2005. Plot-scale tracing of subsurface flow in the Edwards Aquifer epikarst. 10th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impact of Karst. San Antonio Texas.

    Gregory, L*., G. Veni, B.L. Shade, B.P. Wilcox, C. Munster, and K. Owens. Quantifying recharge via fractures in an Ashe juniper dominated karst landscape. 10th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impact of Karst. San Antonio Texas.

    Huang, Y*., and B.P. Wilcox. 2005. How karst features affect recharge—implications for estimating recharge to the Edwards Aquifer. 10th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impact of Karst TM. San Antonio Texas.

    Afinowicz, J. D*., C. L. Munster, and B. P. Wilcox. 2005. Modeling the effects of brush management for increasing water yield on the Edwards Plateau, Texas. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 41:181–193.

    Afinowicz, J. D*., C. L. Munster, B. P. Wilcox, and R. E. Lacey. 2005. An efficient process for assessing wooded plant cover by remote sensing. Journal of Range Management 58:184–190.

    Wilcox, B.P, M.K. Owens, R.W. Knight and R. Lyons 2005. Do woody plants affect streamflow on semiarid karst rangelands. Ecological Applications 15:127-136. (Winner outstanding technical paper by the Texas Section of the Society for Range Management)

    Wilcox, B.P. and B.D. Newman. 2005 Introduction to Ecology Special Feature: Ecohydrology of semiarid landscapes, Ecology 86:275–276.

    Huxman, T. E., B. P. Wilcox, R. Scott, K. Snyder, D. D. Breshears, E. Small, K. Hultine, W. Pockman, and R. Jackson. 2005. Woody plant encroachment and the water cycle: an ecohydrological perspective. Ecology 86:308–319.

    Newman, B. D., B. P. Wilcox, and R. C. Graham 2004. Macropore flow and soil saturation in a semiarid forest. Hydrological Processes 18:1035–1042.

    Wilcox, B. P., D. D. Breshears, and H. J. Turin. 2003. Hydraulic conductivity in a piñon-juniper woodland: influence of vegetation. Soil Science Society of America Journal 67:1243–1249.

    Wilcox, B. P., D. D. Breshears, and M. S. Seyfried. 2003. Water balance on rangelands. In Encyclopedia of Water Science, Marcel Dekker, New York, 791-794.

    Wilcox, B. P., D. D. Breshears, and C. D. Allen. 2003. Ecohydrology of a resource-conserving semiarid woodland: temporal and spatial scaling and disturbance. Ecological Monographs 73:223–239.

    Newman, B. N., O. Sala, and B. P. Wilcox. 2003. Ecohydrology of semiarid landscapes: a Chapman Conference building community. EOS 84(2):13,17.

    Wilcox, B. P. 2002. Shrub control and streamflow on rangelands: a process-based viewpoint. Journal of Range Management 55:318–326. (Winner outstanding technical paper by the Texas Section of the Society for Range Management).

    Wilcox, B. P. 2000. Global change research and capacity-building in the Americas: the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Hydrological Processes 14: 3325–3326 (invited contribution).

    Brandes, D.*, and B. P. Wilcox. 2000. Evapotranspiration and soil moisture dynamics on a semiarid ponderosa pine hillslope. Journal of American Water Resources Association 36:965–974.

    Reid, K. D.*, B. P. Wilcox, D. D. Breshears, and L. MacDonald. 1999. Runoff and erosion for vegetation patch types in a piñon-juniper woodland. Soil Science Society of America Journal 63:1869–1878.

    Kaye, J. A., P. Canziani, V. Kirchhoff, M. Proffitt, and B. P. Wilcox. 1998. Measurement of ozone and UVB radiation is a concern over Latin America. EOS 79(35):415, 419.

    Newman, B. D.*, A. R. Campbell, and B. P. Wilcox. 1998. Interflow pathways in a semiarid ponderosa pine hillslope. Water Resources Research 34:3485–3496.

    Breshears, D. D., C. Heil, J. W. Nyhan, and B. P. Wilcox. 1998. Effects of woody plants on microclimate in a semiarid woodland: soil temperature and evaporation in canopy and intercanopy patches. International Journal of Plant Sciences 159: 1010–1017.

    Davenport, D. W.*, D. D. Breshears, B. P. Wilcox, and C.D. Allen. 1998. Viewpoint: Sustainability of piñon-juniper ecosystems: a unifying perspective of soil erosion thresholds. Journal of Range Management 51:231–240.

    Newman, B. D.*, A. R. Campbell, and B. P. Wilcox. 1997. Tracer-based studies of soil water movement in semi-arid forests of New Mexico. Journal of Hydrology 196:251–270.

    Wilcox, B. P., and D. D. Breshears. 1997. Interflow in semiarid environments: an overlooked factor in risk assessment. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 3:187–203.

    Poesen, J. W., J. Boardman, B. P. Wilcox, and C. Valentin. 1996. Soil erosion monitoring and experimentation for global change studies. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 51:386–396.

    Davenport, D. W.*, B. P. Wilcox, and D. D. Breshears. 1996. Soil morphology as influenced by a pinyon-juniper woodland. Soil Science Society of America Journal 60:1881–1887.

    Davenport, D. W.*, B. P. Wilcox, and B. L. Allen. 1995. Micromorphology of soils in fracture fills in Bandelier tuff. Soil Science Society of America Journal 59:1672–1683.

    Seyfried, M. S., and B. P. Wilcox. 1995. Scale and the nature of spatial variability: field examples having implications for hydrologic modeling. Water Resources Research 31:173–183.

    Wilcox, B. P. 1994. Runoff and erosion in intercanopy zones of pinyon-juniper woodlands, New Mexico. Journal of Range Management 47:285–295.

    Wilcox, B. P., M. Sbaa*, W. H. Blackburn, and J. H. Milligan. 1992. Runoff prediction from sagebrush rangelands using water erosion prediction project (WEPP) technology. Journal of Range Management 45:470–475.

    Wilcox, B. P., M. S. Seyfried, and T. H. Matison. 1991. Searching for chaotic dynamics in snowmelt runoff. Water Resources Research 27:1005–1010.

    Wilcox, B. P., M. S. Seyfried, K. R. Cooley, and C. L. Hanson. 1991. Runoff characteristics of sagebrush rangelands: modeling implications. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 46:153–158.

    Wilcox, B. P., W. J. Rawls, D. L. Brakensiek, and J. R. Wight. 1990. Modeling runoff from rangeland watersheds: a comparison of two models. Water Resources Research 26:2401–2410.

    Wilcox, B. P., K. R. Cooley, and C. L. Hanson. 1989. Predicting snowmelt runoff on sagebrush rangeland using a calibrated SPUR hydrology model. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 32:1351–1357.

    Wilcox, B. P., C. L. Hanson, J. R. Wight, and W. H. Blackburn. 1989. Sagebrush rangeland hydrology and evaluation of the SPUR model. Water Resources Bulletin 25:653–666.

    Wilcox, B. P., and M. K. Wood. 1989. Factors influencing interrill erosion from semiarid slopes in New Mexico. Journal of Range Management 42:66–70.

    Wilcox, B. P., and M. K. Wood. 1988. Hydrologic impacts of sheep grazing on steep slopes in New Mexico. Journal of Range Management 41:303–306.

    Wilcox, B. P., and M. K. Wood. 1988. Factors influencing infiltrability of semiarid slopes. Journal of Range Management 41:197–206.

    Wilcox, B. P., B. L. Allen, and F. C. Bryant. 1988. Description and classification of soils of the high elevation grasslands of central Peru. Geoderma 42:79–84.

    Wilcox, B. P., and F. C. Bryant. 1987. An evaluation of range conditions in the Andes of central Peru. Journal of Range Management 40:41–45.

    Wilcox, B. P., F. C. Bryant, and B. L. Allen. 1986. Grassland communities and soils on a high elevation grassland of the central Andes of Peru. Phytologia 61:231–250.

    Wilcox, B. P., M. K. Wood, J. T. Tromble, and T. J. Ward. 1986. A hand-portable single nozzle rainfall simulator designed for use on steep slopes. Journal of Range Management 39:375–377.

    Wilcox, B. P. 1984. The Puna: high elevation grassland of the Andes. Rangelands 6:99–101.

.* (student advisee)

Thesis and Dissertation

  • Wilcox, B. P. 1982. Plant communities and soils in the central Andes of Peru. M.S. Thesis. Texas Tech University.
  • Wilcox, B. P. 1986. Infiltration and erosion investigations in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation. New Mexico State University

Books and Chapters / Reviews / Popular Articles

  • Wilcox, B.P. 2005. Book Review—Water and the Environment. Ecological Engineering 25: 193–194.
  • Wilcox, B.P. 2005. Book Review—Applied Ecology and Natural Resource Management. Ecological Engineering 25: 194–195.
  • Wilcox, B.P. 2005. Can brush control increase water supply in Texas? It all depends. Cattleman 4:20–37.
  • Wilcox, B. P. 2004. Runoff from rangelands: the role of shrubs. In W. A. McGinty, C. W. Hanselka, D. N. Ueckert, W. Hamilton, and M. Lee (eds.), Introduction to Brush Management. Texas A&M University, College Station pp227–238. Invited contribution.
  • Wilcox, B. P., M. S. Seyfried, and D. D. Breshears. 2003. The water balance on rangelands. Encyclopedia of Water Science (in press). Invited contribution.
  • Wilcox, B. P. 2003. Runoff from rangelands: the role of shrubs. In W. A. McGinty,
    C. W. Hanselka, D. N. Ueckert, W. Hamilton, and M. Lee (eds.), Introduction to Brush Management. Texas A&M University, College Station (in press). Invited contribution.
  • Wilcox, B. P., and J. R. Simanton. 1998. Evaluation of the WEPP hillslope model on stable and eroding semiarid woodlands. In J. Boardman and D. Favis-Mortlock (eds.), NATO Advanced Research Workshop-Global Change: Modelling Soil Erosion by Water. Series I: Global Environmental Change, Vol. 55, pp. 131-140. Invited contribution.
  • Wilcox, B. P., J. Pitlick, C. Allen, and D. Davenport. 1996. Runoff and erosion from a rapidly eroding pinyon-juniper hillslope. In M. G. Anderson and S. Brooks (eds.), Advances in Hillslope Processes, John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp. 61-78.
  • Wilcox, B. P., B. D. Newman, C. D. Allen, K. D. Reid, D. Brandes, J. Pitlick, and D. W. Davenport. 1996. Runoff and erosion on the Pajarito Plateau: observations from the field. In F. Goeff and L. McFadden (eds.), New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, Geology of the Los Alamos-Jemez Mountains Region, pp. 433-439.

Proceedings

  • Wilcox, B. P., B. L. Shade, C. Munster, E. C. Alexander, L. Gregory, K. Owens, P.L. Taucer, and G. Veni. Understanding shrubs and recharge: cave monitoring studies at Camp Bullis. In An Introduction to the Balcones Fault Zone Segement of the Edwards Aquifer in South-Central Texas. National Ground Water Association Field Trip, April 2005.
  • Fang, W., K. D. Loh, and B.P. Wilcox. 2005. A landscape approach to preserving farm ponds for wintering bird refuges in Taoyuan, Taiwan. In Conference of Japanese Association of Information Management.
  • Wilcox, B. P., and U. P. Kreuter. 2003. Woody plant-streamflow interactions as a basis for land management decisions in drylands. International Rangeland Congress, South Africa (in press). Invited contribution.
  • Wilcox, B. P. 1999. The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research: building multinational research networks. In: 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Jan. 12, 1999, pp. 431-434.
  • Wilcox, B. P., and D. D. Breshears. 1995. Hydrology and ecology of pinyon-juniper woodlands: conceptual framework and field studies. In: Desired Future Conditions for Piñon-Juniper Ecosystems, August 8-12, 1994, Flagstaff, Arizona. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. General Technical Report RM-258, pp. 109-119.
  • Davenport, D., B. P. Wilcox, and B. L. Allen. 1994. Origin of clays in soils derived from fractured rhyolitic tuff in northern New Mexico, USA. International Congress of Soil Science (extended abstract).
  • Wilcox, B. P., M. Sbaa, W. H. Blackburn, and W. H. Milligan. 1991. An evaluation of WEPP on sagebrush rangelands: modeling implications. American Association of Agricultural Engineers Paper #912555. Invited contribution.
  • Wilcox, B. P., J. R. Wight, and W. H. Blackburn. 1991. A multi-species rangeland hydrology model: preliminary results. Transferring Models to Users, Symposium Proceedings, American Water Resources Association, pp. 199-208.
  • Wilcox, B. P., M. S. Seyfried, W. H. Blackburn, and T. H. Matison. 1990. Chaotic characteristics of snowmelt runoff: a preliminary study. American Society of Civil Engineers Watershed Management Symposium, Watershed Planning and Analysis in Action, pp. 125-134.
  • Seyfried, M. S., B. P. Wilcox, and K. R. Cooley. 1990. Runoff characteristics in a region dominated by frozen soil events. In: Proceedings, International Symposium, Frozen Soil Impacts on Agricultural, Range and Forest Lands. CRREL Special Report 90-1, Spokane, Washington, pp. 125-134.
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