Small-scale traditional management of highly species-rich grasslands in the Carpathians

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-130

  Babai, Dániel ^a   Molnár, Zsolt ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Ecosystem service; Hay meadow; Natura 2000; Small scale farming; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893717381     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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