Is groundwater recharge always serving us well? Water supply provisioning, crop production, and flood attenuation in conflict in Wisconsin, USA

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 21, Issue , 2016, Pages 153-165

  Booth, Eric G ^a   Zipper, Samuel C ^a   Loheide, Steven P ^a   Kucharik, Christopher J ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop production; Flooding; Groundwater; Hydrologic services; Recharge; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982307016     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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