Farm- and product-level biodiversity assessment of conventional and organic dairy production in Austria

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-39

  Schader, C ^a   Drapela, T ^b   Markut, T ^b   Meier, M S ^a   Lindenthal, T ^b   Hortenhuber S ^b   Pfiffner, L ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agro environmental measures; Evaluation; Farm level; Impact assessment; Indicators; Organic agriculture; Product level

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; MILK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; ORGANIC FARMING; SIMULATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; DAIRY FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FARM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84894045733     PISSN: 21513732     EISSN: 21513740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2013.878752     Document Type: Article

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