Ecosystem services provided by playas in the High Plains: Potential influences of USDA conservation programs

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Smith, Loren M ^a   Haukos, David A ^b   McMurry, Scott T ^a   LaGrange, Ted ^c   Willis, David ^d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nebraska Game and Parks Commission   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation programs; High Plains; Hydroperiod; Playas; Sediment; USA; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BUFFER ZONE; CATCHMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROPERIOD; PLAYA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SERVICE PROVISION; SOIL EROSION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

GREAT PLAINS; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955729637     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1133.1     Document Type: Article

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