A landscape perspective on conservation of semi-natural grasslands

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 213-222

  Lindborg, Regina ^a   Bengtsson, Jan ^b   Berg, Åke ^b   Cousins, Sara A O ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a   Gustafsson, Tomas ^b   Hasund, Knut Per ^b   Lenoir, Lisette ^b   Pihlgren, Aina ^b   Sjödin, Erik ^b   Stenseke, Marie ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Biodiversity; Cultural heritage; Management; Social ecological systems; Trans disciplinary; Values

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 40849083394     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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