Factors affecting adoption of hedgerows and other biodiversity-enhancing features on farms in California, USA

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 195-206

  Brodt, Sonja ^a   Klonsky, Karen ^a   Jackson, Louise ^a   Brush, Stephen B ^a   Smukler, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Cost share; Farm ponds; Hedgerows; Innovation diffusion; On farm conservation

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION CONSTRAINT; AGROECOLOGY; AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; HEDGEROW; INCENTIVE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

RODENTIA;

EID: 67349166947     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9168-8     Document Type: Article

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