Heuristic models for material discharge from landscapes with riparian buffers

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1156-1169

  Weller, Donald E ^a   Jordan, Thomas E ^a   Correll, David L ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid cell; Landscape ecology; Landscape index; Model; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrient discharge; Raster; Riparian buffer; Riparian management; Scaling; Sediment discharge; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031791831     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[1156:HMFMDF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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