An agent-based approach to modeling impacts of agricultural policy on land use, biodiversity and ecosystem services

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1363-1381

  Brady, Mark ^a   Sahrbacher, Christoph ^b   Kellermann, Konrad ^b   Happe, Kathrin ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling (ABM); Agriculture; Biodiversity; CAP; Farming; Landscape; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84867690896     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9787-3     Document Type: Article

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