Riparian buffer strips as a multifunctional management tool in agricultural landscapes: Introduction

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 297-303

  Stutter, Marc I ^a   Chardon, Wim J ^b   Kronvang, Brian ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Aarhus Univ ^*

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AQUATIC HABITATS; BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; BUFFER MANAGEMENT; BUFFER STRIP; COURSE OF ACTION; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; LEGISLATIVE PROCESS; MITIGATION MEASURES; MODELING TOOL; MULTIFUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; PHYSICAL BARRIERS; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIPARIAN BUFFER STRIPS; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIPARIAN SOIL; SEDIMENT TRANSFERS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL WATER;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; DENMARK; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; EUROPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POLLUTANT; QUALITY CONTROL; RIPARIAN BUFFER STRIP; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84858610998     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0439     Document Type: Article

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