Riparian forest buffers in agroecosystems - Lessons learned from the Bear Creek Watershed, central Iowa, USA

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 61-62, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 35-50

  Schultz, R C ^a   Isenhart, T M ^a   Simpkins, W W ^a   Colletti, J P ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer design; Buffer maintenance; Filter strips; Surface runoff; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGROFORESTRY; BUFFER ZONE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIPARIAN FOREST;

BEAR CREEK; IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 3342876764     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AGFO.0000028988.67721.4d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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