Learning from farmers' needs: Identifying obstacles to the successful implementation of field margin measures in intensive arable regions

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 229-237

  Mante, Juliane ^a   Gerowitt, Bärbel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environmental measures; Determining factors for acceptance; Field margins; Germany; Nature conservation

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; NATURAL RESOURCES; SEED; WEED CONTROL;

BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; DETERMINING FACTORS FOR ACCEPTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES; FIELD MARGINS; GERMANY; HERBICIDE APPLICATION; PLANT PROTECTION; RESOURCE CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION;

BIOTOPE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FIELD MARGIN; GRASSLAND; HERBICIDE; LOGISTICS; MOWING; MULCH; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SEEDLING; WEED;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 70449120121     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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