Ecological restoration in the slipstream of agricultural policy in the old and new world

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 601-611

  Abensperg Traun, Max ^a,f   Wrbka, Thomas ^b   Bieringer, Georg ^a   Hobbs, Richard ^c   Deininger, Franz ^d   Main, Barbara York ^e   Milasowszky, Norbert ^a   Sauberer, Norbert ^b   Zulka, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Div Nat Conserv Species Protect ^*  (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f Institute for Organic Agriculture and Biodiversity   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agricultural environments; Agro economics; Agro politics; Ecological restoration; European Union; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; BIODIVERSITY; EUROPEAN UNION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3142562686     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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