Applying the ecosystem services framework to pasture-based livestock farming systems in Europe

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1361-1372

  Rodriguez Ortega T ^a   Oteros Rozas, E ^b,c   Ripoll Bosch, R ^a,b   Tichit, M ^d   Martin Lopez B ^c   Bernues A ^e  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

biodiversity; multifunctionality; public goods; trade offs; valuation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; LIVESTOCK; PROCEDURES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; LIVESTOCK;

EID: 84904479260     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114000421     Document Type: Article

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