Impacts of agricultural change on farmland biodiversity in the UK

Issues in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-32

  Boatman, Nigel D ^a   Parry, Hazel R ^a   Bishop, Julie D ^a   Cuthbertson, Andrew G S ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; NATURE CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 49749124236     PISSN: 13507583     EISSN: 14651874     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1039/9781847557650-00001     Document Type: Review

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