The landscape composition of organic and conventional, dairy and crop farms in two different geological regions in Denmark

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-70

  Westergaard, Kamma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crop farming; Dairy farming; Denmark; Farm type; Land units; Landscape structure; Organic farming; Rural landscape

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DAIRY FARMING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; ORGANIC FARMING; RURAL AREA;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33748299070     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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