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Patterns of Irrigated Agricultural Land Conversion in a Western U.S. Watershed: Implications for Landscape-Level Water Management and Land-Use Planning

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Pages 1145-1160 | Received 30 Jan 2013, Accepted 27 Sep 2013, Published online: 10 Jul 2014

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