The role of grassland areas within arable cropping systems for the conservation of biodiversity at the regional level

Grassland Productivity and Ecosystems Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 251-260

  Bretagnolle, Vincent ^a   Gauffre, Bertrand ^a   Meiss, Helmut ^a   Badenhausser, Isabelle ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

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