Quantifying the impacts of ecological restoration on biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems: A global meta-analysis

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 202, Issue , 2015, Pages 223-231

  Barral, María Paula ^a,b,c   Rey Benayas, José María ^d   Meli, Paula ^d,e   Maceira, Nestor Oscar ^b  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e Natura y Ecosistemas Mexicanos AC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Land sharing; Land sparing; Land use planning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 84921515778     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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