Multifunctional agriculture and farmers' attitudes: Two case studies in rural France

Human Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 929-949

  Kohler, Florent ^a   Thierry, Chloé ^b   Marchand, Guillaume ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation program; Environmental impact; Farmers' attitude; Multifunctional agriculture; Ordinary biodiversity; Rural France

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918796654     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: 15729915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-014-9702-4     Document Type: Article

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