A theoretical model of agrobiodiversity as a supporting service for sustainable agricultural intensification

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1926-1933

  Omer, Amani ^a   Pascual, Unai ^b   Russell, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Ecosystem services; Sustainable agricultural intensification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BUFFER ZONE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 77954620621     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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