Modelling land-use sustainability using farmland birds as indicators

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-23

  Gottschalk, Thomas K ^a   Dittrich, Ralf ^a   Diekötter, Tim ^a   Sheridan, Patrick ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a   Ekschmitt, Klemens ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environmental scheme; Biodiversity conservation; Cost efficiency; German sustainability indicator for species diversity; Landscape planning; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEME; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; COST EFFICIENCY; GERMAN SUSTAINABILITY INDICATOR FOR SPECIES DIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CROPS; FARMS; FENCES; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

AVES; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70350567732     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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