Economic trade-offs between carbon sequestration, timber production, and crop pollination in tropical forested landscapes

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-319

  Olschewski, Roland ^a   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^b   Tscharntke, Teja ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Coffee; Ecosystem Services; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; CORDIA; CORDIA ALLIODORA;

EID: 77955364287     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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