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Evaluation of the Soil Vulnerability Index for artificially drained cropland across eight Conservation Effects Assessment Project watersheds

C. Baffaut, S. Lohani, A.L. Thompson, A.R. Davis, N. Aryal, D.L. Bjorneberg, R.L. Bingner, S.M. Dabney, L.F. Duriancik, D.E. James, K.W. King, S. Lee, G.W. McCarty, L.A. Pease, M.L. Reba, A.M. Sadeghi, M.D. Tomer, M.R. Williams and L.M.W. Yasarer
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation January 2020, 75 (1) 28-41; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.1.28

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Evaluation of the Soil Vulnerability Index for artificially drained cropland across eight Conservation Effects Assessment Project watersheds
C. Baffaut, S. Lohani, A.L. Thompson, A.R. Davis, N. Aryal, D.L. Bjorneberg, R.L. Bingner, S.M. Dabney, L.F. Duriancik, D.E. James, K.W. King, S. Lee, G.W. McCarty, L.A. Pease, M.L. Reba, A.M. Sadeghi, M.D. Tomer, M.R. Williams, L.M.W. Yasarer
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Jan 2020, 75 (1) 28-41; DOI: 10.2489/jswc.75.1.28
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