Mapping hotspots of multiple landscape functions: A case study on farmland afforestation in Scotland

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1255-1264

  Gimona, Alessandro ^a   Van Der Horst, Dan ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Farm woodlands; GIS; Landscape; Multifunctionality; Recreation; Spatial targeting; Visual amenity

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE-OFF;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548139395     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9105-7     Document Type: Article

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