RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The implications of alternative beliefs about soil-erosion-productivity relationships and conservation treatments for the economic dynamics of soil erosion on the southern Texas High Plains
JF Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
FD Soil and Water Conservation Society
SP 368
OP 375
VO 52
IS 5
A1 Julie A. Bunn
YR 1997
UL http://www.jswconline.org/content/52/5/368.abstract
AB This article presents two distinct views, both supported by research and expert opinion, of the underlying soil-erosion-productivity relationships in semi-arid agriculture on the southern Texas High Plains. The two views are incorporated into farm-level optimization simulations appropriate to semi-arid rainfed agriculture in order to analyze their affect on economic and resource dynamics over the soil horizon. The simulations demonstrate that the two views have quite different implications for recommended conservation methods and for cropping system choice dynamics.