Semi-natural vegetation in agricultural land: European map and links to ecosystem service supply

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 273-283

  García Feced, Celia ^a   Weissteiner, Christof Jakob ^a   Baraldi, Andrea ^b   Paracchini, Maria Luisa ^a   Maes, Joachim ^a   Zulian, Grazia ^a   Kempen, Markus ^c   Elbersen, Berien ^d   Pérez Soba, Marta ^d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c EuroCARE Bonn GmbH   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common Agricultural Policy; Ecological focus areas; European Union biodiversity Strategy; Provisioning services; Regulating services; Spectral rule based image classification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROFORESTRY; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; HEDGEROW; MAPPING METHOD; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 84920853250     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0238-1     Document Type: Article

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