EDITOR'S CHOICE: Surrounding habitats mediate the trade-off between land-sharing and land-sparing agriculture in the tropics

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1337-1346

  Gilroy, James J ^a   Edwards, Felicity A ^b   Medina Uribe, Claudia A ^c   Haugaasen, Torbjørn ^a   Edwards, David P ^d,e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Agroecosystems; Biodiversity conservation; Farming; Food security; Habitat loss; Land sharing; Land sparing; Primary forest; Tropical Andes

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84921817657     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12284     Document Type: Article

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