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SUBMITTER: Ponette-Gonzalez AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4510328 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ponette-González Alexandra G AG Brauman Kate A KA Marín-Spiotta Erika E Farley Kathleen A KA Weathers Kathleen C KC Young Kenneth R KR Curran Lisa M LM
Ambio 20141129 5
Watershed investment programs frequently use land cover as a proxy for water-based ecosystem services, an approach based on assumed relationships between land cover and hydrologic outcomes. Water flows are rarely quantified, and unanticipated results are common, suggesting land cover alone is not a reliable proxy for water services. We argue that managing key hydrologic fluxes at the site of intervention is more effective than promoting particular land-cover types. Moving beyond land cover proxi ...[more]