Biodiversity provides ecosystem services: Scientific results versus stakeholders' knowledge

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1145-1155

  Lugnot, M ^a,b   Martin, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INRA Ecodeveloppement   (France)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Biodiversity; Expertise; Farming systems; Innovation systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891143143     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0426-6     Document Type: Article

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