Modelling the spatial distribution of livestock in Europe

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1207-1222

  Neumann, Kathleen ^a   Elbersen, Berien S ^a   Verburg, Peter H ^a   Staritsky, Igor ^a   Pérez Soba, Marta ^a   de Vries, Wim ^a   Rienks, Willem A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Europe; Livestock; Location factors; Spatial modelling; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP PRODUCTION; DOWNSCALING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70350400427     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9357-5     Document Type: Article

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