The future of agri-environment schemes: Biodiversity gains and ecosystem service delivery?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 509-513

  Whittingham, Mark J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agro ecology; Biodiversity conservation; Extinction risk; Farmland birds; Land sparing versus land sharing; Land use trade offs; Payment for ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

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EID: 79955956822     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01987.x     Document Type: Editorial

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