The destination of arable land in a marginal agricultural landscape in South Portugal: An exploration of land use change determinants

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1073-1087

  Van Doorn, Anne M ^a,b   Bakker, Martha M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Descriptive variables; Landowner typology; Logistic regression; Mediterranean landscapes; Socio economic drivers

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARABLE LAND; BIOPHYSICS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDOWNER; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LOGISTICS; PASTORALISM; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILVICULTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TYPOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547191151     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9093-7     Document Type: Article

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