Modelling farmer decision-making to anticipate tradeoffs between provisioning ecosystem services and biodiversity

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-23

  Guillem, E E ^a,b   Murray Rust, D ^b   Robinson, D T ^c   Barnes, A ^a   Rounsevell, M D A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Bioenergy crops; Farmer behaviour; Food production; Land use change; Skylark

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BIRD; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALAUDA;

EID: 84927156132     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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