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Climate change impacts on wind and water erosion on US rangelands

B.L. Edwards, N.P. Webb, D.P. Brown, E. Elias, D.E. Peck, F.B. Pierson, C.J. Williams and J.E. Herrick
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation July 2019, 74 (4) 405-418; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.74.4.405

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Climate change impacts on wind and water erosion on US rangelands
B.L. Edwards, N.P. Webb, D.P. Brown, E. Elias, D.E. Peck, F.B. Pierson, C.J. Williams, J.E. Herrick
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Jul 2019, 74 (4) 405-418; DOI: 10.2489/jswc.74.4.405
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