Sustainable management recommendations to reduce the loss of agricultural biodiversity in the mountain regions of NE Slovakia

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-204

  Bezák, Peter ^a   Halada, Lúboš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Agricultural decline; biodiversity; Carpathians; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); future trends; mountain meadows; Slovakia; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; FODDER; GRASSLAND; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOUNTAIN REGION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

CARPATHIANS; POLONINY NATIONAL PARK; PRESOVSKY; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 77956050485     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00023.1     Document Type: Article

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