Agriculture and nature: Trouble and strife?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 232-245

  Baudron, Frédéric ^a   Giller, Ken E ^b,c  

^a International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Intensification; Land sharing; Land sparing; Low external input agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SPILLOVER EFFECT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84893206108     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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