Food security versus biodiversity protection: An example of land-sharing from East Africa

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 1553-1555

  Habel, Jan Christian ^a   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a   Eggermont, Hilde ^b,c   Lens, Luc ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agricultural sciences; Biodiversity hotspot; Food security; Land sharing; Land sparing; Resilience

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLOUD FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOOD SECURITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOT SPOT; NATURAL CAPITAL; RURAL AREA; SAVANNA;

KENYA;

EID: 84878654254     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0479-3     Document Type: Article

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