The biocultural link: Isolated trees and hedges in Satoyama landscapes indicate a strong connection between biodiversity and local cultural features

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-206

  Fukamachi, Katsue ^a   Miki, Yuko ^a   Oku, Hirokazu ^a   Miyoshi, Iwao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cultural diversity; Land use; Local identity; Suburban Satoyama landscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959663034     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-011-0164-1     Document Type: Article

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