How much will it cost to save grassland diversity?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-273

  Hodgson, J G ^a   Montserrat Marti G ^b   Tallowin, J ^c   Thompson, K ^d   Diaz S ^e   Cabido, M ^e   Grime, J P ^d   Wilson, P J ^d   Band, S R ^d   Bogard, A ^d   Cabido, R ^e   Caceres D ^e   Castro Diez P ^b   Ferrer, C ^f   Maestro Martinez M ^b   Perez Rontome M C ^b   Charles, M ^d   Cornelissen, J H C ^g   Dabbert, S ^h   Perez Harguindeguy N ^e   Krimly, T ^h   Sijtsma, F J ⁱ   Strijker, D ⁱ   Vendramini, F ^e   Guerrero Campo, J ^b   Hynd, A ^d   Jones, G ^d   Romo Diez A ^j   De Torres Espuny, L ^b   Villar Salvador, P ^b   Zak, M R ^e   more..

^a Peak Science and Environment   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^g VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^j INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Economic factors; Effectiveness of conservation initiatives; Site productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION;

EID: 21144438179     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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