Evaluating the trade-off between machinery efficiency and loss of biodiversity-friendly habitats in arable landscapes: The role of field size

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-366

  Rodríguez, Carlos ^a   Wiegand, Kerstin ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Agriculture intensification; Field margins; Machinery efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; FIELD MARGIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MACHINERY; NATURAL RESOURCE; TRADE-OFF; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 57849104079     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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