Impacts of agricultural land-use changes on biodiversity in Taihu Lake Basin, China: A multi-scale cause-effect approach considering multiple land-use functions

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 119-130

  Asai, Masayasu ^a,b   Reidsma, Pytrik ^a   Feng, Shuyi ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Land use change; Land use functions; Landscape structure; Multiple scales; Nutrient management; Policy options

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; TAIHU BASIN;

EID: 79960145545     PISSN: 21513732     EISSN: 21513740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2011.577039     Document Type: Article

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