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Impacts of land-use change and best management practice implementation in a Conservation Effects Assessment Project watershed: Northwest Arkansas

M.W. Gitau, I. Chaubey, E. Gbur, J.H. Pennington and B. Gorham
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation November 2010, 65 (6) 353-368; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.65.6.353
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