Land use conversion to agriculture impacts biodiversity, erosion control, and key soil properties in an Andean watershed
Abstract The conversion of natural vegetation to agricultural land uses in mountainous Andean landscapes threatens an array of key ecological processes and ecosystem services (ES). In protected areas and buffer regions that provide water to cities, it is critical to understand how interactions betwe...
Main Authors: | Víctor Galindo, Carolina Giraldo, Patrick Lavelle, Inge Armbrecht, Steven J. Fonte |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2022-03-01
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Series: | Ecosphere |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3979 |
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