Rewarding farmers for delivering vascular plant diversity in managed grasslands: A transdisciplinary case-study approach

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2888-2897

  Klimek, Sebastian ^a   Richter gen Kemmermann, Anne ^a   Steinmann, Horst Henning ^a   Freese, Jan ^a   Isselstein, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Auction; Conservation performance payments; Ecological goods; Ecological services; Payment by results

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASSLAND; INCENTIVE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 53649089249     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.08.025     Document Type: Article

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