Environmental impacts of farm land abandonment in high altitude/mountain regions: A systematic map of the evidence

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Haddaway, Neal R ^a   Styles, David ^a   Pullin, Andrew S ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Agriculture; Alpine; Environmental impacts; Farming; Mountains; Remote; Socio economic impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917689388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2382-2-18     Document Type: Review

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