The implications of alternative beliefs about soil-erosion-productivity relationships and conservation treatments for the economic dynamics of soil erosion on the southern Texas High Plains

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 368-375

  Bunn, Julie A ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; CROPPING SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION;

USA, TEXAS, HIGH PLAINS;

EID: 0031421788     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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