Ecological and low intensity agriculture as contributors to landscape and biological diversity

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 169-177

  Mander, Ülo ^a   Mikk, Merit ^a   Külvik, Mart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological agriculture; Landscape diversity; Low intensity agriculture; Marginalisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE; NUTRIENT;

EID: 0033573238     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(99)00042-0     Document Type: Article

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