An experts survey on sustainability across twenty-seven extensive European systems of grassland management

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-199

  Caballero, Rafael ^a   Gil, Ángel ^a   Fernández Santos, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

European agriculture; Low input grazing systems; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN; EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE; GRAZING SYSTEMS; LOW-INPUT GRAZING SYSTEMS; MULTICOLLINEARITY; POPULATION DENSITIES; SOCIAL FACTORS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; TOTAL VARIANCE;

AGGLOMERATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; PASTORALISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POACEAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 49849089840     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9134-2     Document Type: Article

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