Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-173

  van Oudenhoven, Frederik J W ^a   Mijatović, Dunja ^a   Eyzaguirre, Pablo B ^a  

^a BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Conservation areas; Ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952287222     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831111113356     Document Type: Article

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