Enhancing the farm bill's conservation potential through land prioritization

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 620-625

  Brown, Donald J ^a   Spontak, Dana M ^a   Tibbets, Mary N ^a   Connolly, Amy R ^a   Baccus, John T ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; Conservation; Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); Farm Bill; Geographic Information System (GIS); Prioritizing; United States

Indexed keywords

GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PRIORITIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77749240481     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-315     Document Type: Article

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