Mapping Soil Erosion Prevention Using an Ecosystem Service Modeling Framework for Integrated Land Management and Policy

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 878-889

  Guerra, Carlos A ^a   Pinto Correia, Teresa ^a   Metzger, Marc J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

farm system; land use; landscape; montado; regulating services; remote sensing; spatial modeling; USLE

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EROSION CONTROL; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; PASTORALISM; POLICY MAKING; REMOTE SENSING; SILVICULTURE; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84904254833     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9766-4     Document Type: Article

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