Toward effective nature conservation on farmland: Making farmers matter

Conservation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-72

  de Snoo, Geert R ^a,b   Herzon, Irina ^c   Staats, Henk ^a   Burton, Rob J F ^d   Schindler, Stefan ^e,f   van Dijk, Jerry ^g   Lokhorst, Anne Marike ^b   Bullock, James M ^h   Lobley, Matt ⁱ   Wrbka, Thomas ^e   Schwarz, Gerald ^j   Musters, C J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Bygdeforskning   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^j THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

AES; Agri environment scheme; Benchmarking biodiversity; Biodiversity on farmland; Farmers behavior; Noneconomic instruments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873587726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00296.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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