Economics of Grassland Conversion to Cropland in the Prairie Pothole Region;Economía de la Conversión de Pastizales a Tierras Agrícolas en la Región Prairie Pothole

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 276-284

  Rashford, Benjamin S ^a   Walker, Johann A ^b   Bastian, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Ducks Unlimited Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Conservation planning; Conversion probability; Land use change; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOFUEL; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CULTIVATION; GRASSLAND; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; PROBABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAIZE; PROBABILITY; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTANA; PROBABILITY; SOIL; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION;

EID: 79952730542     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01618.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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