Abandonment and Expansion of Arable Land in Europe

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 720-731

  Hatna, Erez ^a   Bakker, Martha M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

agriculture; cropland; Europe; land abandonment; land use change

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARABLE LAND; CULTIVATION; INVENTORY; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD;

EUROPE;

EID: 79960291273     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9441-y     Document Type: Article

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