Relationships between Danish organic farming and landscape composition

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 120, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 330-344

  Levin, Gregor ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conventional farming; Farm properties; Landscape change; Landscape composition; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; FARM SIZE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; ORGANIC FARMING;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ANTIDESMA PLATYPHYLLUM;

EID: 33846887387     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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