USDA conservation program and practice effects on wetland ecosystem services in the Prairie Pothole Region

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Gleason, R A ^a   Euliss Jr , N H ^a   Tangen, B A ^a   Laubhan, M K ^b   Browne, B A ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Conservation; Ecosystem services; Grasslands; Prairie potholes; Restoration; Sedimentation; Soil erosion; Wetlands; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATCHMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; INCENTIVE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RETENTION; SOIL EROSION; UPLAND REGION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STORAGE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION;

EID: 79955715791     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0216.1     Document Type: Article

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