Optimizing land use for the delivery of catchment ecosystem services

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 325-332

  Doody, Donnacha G ^a   Withers, Paul JA ^b   Dils, Rachael M ^c   McDowell, Richard W ^d   Smith, Val ^e   McElarney, Yvonne R ^a   Dunbar, Mike ^c   Daly, Donal ^f  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE; OPTIMIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84980005015     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1296     Document Type: Review

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