Evaluation of wildlife management through organic farming

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2009-2017

  Topping, Christopher J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abundance occupancy ratio; Agent based model; ALMaSS; Biodiversity; Organic farming; Policy tool

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE OCCUPANCY RATIO; AGENT-BASED MODEL; ALMASS; ORGANIC FARMING; POLICY TOOL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AGRICULTURE;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FARM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC FARMING; POLICY ANALYSIS; VALUATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80052589214     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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