Current and historical land use influence soil-based ecosystem services in an urban landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 643-654

  Ziter, Carly ^a   Turner, Monica G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon; ecosystem services; historical ecology; land use change; phosphorus; runoff regulation; saturated hydraulic conductivity; soil; urban ecosystems; water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND TYPE; LAND USE CHANGE; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SOIL; TRADE-OFF; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WATER QUALITY;

CITY; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL; URBANIZATION;

CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85045834752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eap.1689     Document Type: Article

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