Landscape configuration is the primary driver of impacts on water quality associated with agricultural expansion

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Chaplin Kramer, Rebecca ^a   Hamel, Perrine ^a   Sharp, Richard ^a   Kowal, Virgina ^a   Wolny, Stacie ^a   Sim, Sarah ^b   Mueller, Carina ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; land use change; spatial

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SUPPLY CHAINS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CONFIGURATION; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SPATIAL; SPATIAL CONSIDERATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; SOIL EROSION; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL; CHINA; HEILONGJIANG; IOWA; JIANGXI; MATO GROSSO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979995719     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074012     Document Type: Article

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