Managing biodiversity rich hay meadows in the EU: A comparison of Swedish and Romanian grasslands

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-205

  Dahlström, Anna ^a   Iuga, Ana Maria ^b   Lennartsson, Tommy ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Museum of the Romanian Peasant   (Romania)

Author keywords

agri environment payment; grassland biodiversity; hay meadows; Romania; Sweden; traditional management

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENT PAYMENT; HAY MEADOWS; ROMANIA; SWEDEN; TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING;

MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ROMANIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84877118955     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000458     Document Type: Article

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