Reconciling nature conservation and traditional farming practices: A spatially explicit framework to assess the extent of High Nature Value farmlands in the European countryside

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1031-1044

  Lomba, Angela ^a,b,c   Alves, Paulo ^a   Jongman, Rob H G ^b   Mccracken, David I ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Agro biodiversity; Conservation and monitoring programs; Indicators; Low intensity farming practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923845381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1415     Document Type: Article

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