Evaluating the nature conservation value of field habitats: A model approach for targeting agri-environmental measures and projecting their effects

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 295, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-122

  Bredemeier, Birte ^a   von Haaren, Christina ^a   Rüter, Stefan ^a   Reich, Michael ^a   Meise, Thomas ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Federal Agency for Nature Conservation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Farming system; Field flora; NUTS 3; Organic farming; Species richness

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; FIELD FLORA; NUTS 3; ORGANIC FARMING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; EUROPEAN UNION; HABITAT TYPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE CONSERVATION; ORGANIC FARMING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84910087111     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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