Coupled social and ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification in Costa Rica and the future of biodiversity conservation in tropical agricultural regions

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-86

  Shaver, Irene ^a,b   Chain Guadarrama, Adina ^a,b   Cleary, Katherine A ^a,b   Sanfiorenzo, Andre ^a,b   Santiago García, Ricardo J ^a,b   Finegan, Bryan ^b   Hormel, Leontina ^a   Sibelet, Nicole ^b,d   Vierling, Lee A ^a   Bosque Pérez, Nilsa A ^a   DeClerck, Fabrice ^c   Fagan, Matthew E ^e   Waits, Lisette P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c CGIAR Consortium Office   (France)

^d UMR INNOVATION   (France)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Biodiversity; Costa rica; Non traditional agricultural export; Pineapple; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HETEROGENEITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE; MONOCULTURE; SMALLHOLDER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

COSTA RICA;

ANANAS COMOSUS;

EID: 84929224220     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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