Trade-Offs between Cattle Production and Bird Conservation in an Agricultural Frontier of the Gran Chaco of Argentina

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1040-1051

  Mastrangelo, Matias E ^a,b   Gavin, Michael C ^a,c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry forests; Food production; Land use planning; Silvopastoral systems

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; DRY FOREST; FOOD PRODUCTION; FRUGIVORY; LAND USE PLANNING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAND STRUCTURE; TRADE-OFF;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ARGENTINA; GRAN CHACO;

AVES; BOS;

EID: 84868665723     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01904.x     Document Type: Article

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