Mitigating human effects on European biodiversity through traditional animal husbandry

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 705-712

  Pykälä, Juha ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; MOWING;

EUROPE;

EID: 0342265118     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99119.x     Document Type: Review

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