Significance and value of non-traded ecosystem services on farmland

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Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Sandhu, Harpinder ^a   Wratten, Steve ^b   Costanza, Robert ^c   Pretty, Jules ^d   Porter, John R ^b,e,f   Reganold, John ^g  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^g WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Arable farmland; Economic value; Ecosystem services; Externalities; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONVENTIONAL FARMING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FARMING SYSTEM; HARVEST; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FOOD; PEA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84926443871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.762     Document Type: Article

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