Water Stress of Tallgrass Prairie Plants in Central Oklahoma

Abstract

Approximately 50 percent of the land surface of the United States is rangeland. A source of forage for free-ranging native and domestic animals as well as a source of wood products, water, and wildlife, these renewable natural resources must be maintained and managed on the basis of ecological principles to sustain their productivity. Only through understanding, support and education to proper range management can this objective be reached.