Of A Kenya Bushed Grasslands As Influenced By Vegetation and Prescribed Burning Infiltration Rates and Sediments Production

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1984

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Simeon, K.C.

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Graduate College of Texas

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Infiltration Rates and Sediment Production of a Kenya Bushed Grassland as Influenced by Vegetation and Prescribed Burning. (May 1984) Simeon Kibiegon Cheruiyot, B.S., Texas A&M University; Chairman of Advisory Committee: Dr. Wilbert H. Blackburn A drip-type rainfall simulator was used to assess the effect of prescribed burning and vegetation on infiltration rates and sediment production near Kiboko, Kenya. Two burning treatments were studied: February burn and October burn. Three vegetation types and no vegetation were also studied: bare ground (unvegetated), Digitaria macroblephara, Hermannia alhiensis and 5Darobolus fimbriat'ls . The objectives of the study were to determine: (1 ) tree influence of prescribed burns on infiltration rates , sediment production, plant standing crop and cover, soil bulk density, organic carbon and aggregates, (2 ) the factors that influence infiltration rates and sediment production, (3) the influence of . alhiensis, . macroblephara, S. fimbriatus and unvegetated areas on infiltration rates, sediment production, soil surface bulk density, organic carbon and aggregates and (4) interrelationships of vegetation and soil with infiltration rates and sediment production.

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Simeon, K. C. (1984). Of A Kenya Bushed Grasslands As Influenced By Vegetation and Prescribed Burning Infiltration Rates and Sediments Production. [Masters dissertation, Graduate College of Texas A&M University]

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