To close the yield-gap while saving biodiversity will require multiple locally relevant strategies

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 173, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-27

  Cunningham, Saul A ^a   Attwood, Simon J ^b   Bawa, Kamal S ^c   Benton, Tim G ^d   Broadhurst, Linda M ^a   Didham, Raphael K ^a,e   McIntyre, Sue ^a   Perfecto, Ivette ^f   Samways, Michael J ^g   Tscharntke, Teja ^h   Vandermeer, John ^f   Villard, Marc André ⁱ   Young, Andrew G ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^j  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^j AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Agriculture; Conservation; Ecosystem services; Food; Land use; Society

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDHOLDING;

EID: 84877817879     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.04.007     Document Type: Review

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