A modelling approach for the assessment of the effects of Common Agricultural Policy measures on farmland biodiversity in the EU27

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-141

  Overmars, Koen P ^a   Helming, John ^b   van Zeijts, Henk ^c   Jansson, Torbjörn ^d   Terluin, Ida ^b  

^a Koen Overmars Consultancy   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural economics; Biodiversity; CAPRI; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Dyna CLUE; Land use; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FARMS; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY REGIONALIZED IMPACT MODELING SYSTEM; DYNA-CLUE; IMPACT MODELLING; MODELING; MODELLING SYSTEMS; POLICY MEASURES;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOINDICATOR; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND USE CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COST; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HARVEST; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EUROPE;

EID: 84878346102     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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