title: Data on four criteria for targeting the placement of conservation buffers in agricultural landscapes.
abstract: Four criteria are generally used to prioritize agricultural lands for placing conservation buffers. The criteria include soil erodibility, hydrological sensitivity, wildlife habitat, and impervious surface rate that capture conservation buffers' benefits in reducing soil erosion, controlling runoff generation, enhancing wildlife habitat, and mitigating stormwater impacts, respectively. This article describes the data used to derive the values of those attributes and a scheme to classify the values in multi-criteria analysis of conservation buffer placement in "Choosing between alternative placement strategies for conservation buffers using borda count" [1].
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, United States.
authors.forename: Zeyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: USDA Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, NE, United States.
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Dosskey
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kang