An environmental assessment of united states drinking water watersheds

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 605-616

  Wickham, James D ^a   Wade, Timothy G ^a   Riitters, Kurt H ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Land use; Land cover change; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876709925     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9591-5     Document Type: Article

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