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Agricultural preservation professionals' perceptions and attitudes about cost-effective land selection methods

K.D. Messer, W.L. Allen, M. Kecinski and Y. Chen
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation March 2016, 71 (2) 148-155; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.71.2.148
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