Developing an integrated approach to enhance the delivering of environmental goods and services by agro-ecosystems

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 153-167

  Simoncini, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agri environmental measures; Agricultural multifunctionality; Ecosystems goods and services; Environmental minimum requirements

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349495681     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-008-0052-x     Document Type: Article

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