Prioritizing agricultural lands for conservation buffer placement using multiple criteria

Agriculture & Biology

• conservation buffers 100%
• land management 78%
• agricultural land 61%
• wildlife habitats 22%
• basins 21%
• selection criteria 17%
• planning 14%
• erodibility 12%
• stormwater 11%
• prioritization 10%
• soil erosion 9%
• runoff 8%
• soil quality 7%
• soil 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• agricultural land 49%
• wildlife habitat 18%
• basin 11%
• planning 9%
• erodibility 9%
• prioritization 8%
• soil condition 7%
• stormwater 7%
• soil erosion 7%
• watershed 5%
• runoff 5%
• indicator 4%
• program 4%
• cost 4%
• soil 3%
• rate 2%