Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 722-730

  Sutcliffe, Laura M E ^a   Batáry, Péter ^a   Kormann, Urs ^a   Báldi, András ^b   Dicks, Lynn V ^c   Herzon, Irina ^d   Kleijn, David ^e   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^f   Apostolova, Iva ^g   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^h   Aunins, Ainars ⁱ   Aviron, Stéphanie ^j   Baležentiene, Ligita ^k   Fischer, Christina ^l   Halada, Lubos ^m   Hartel, Tibor ⁿ   Helm, Aveliina ^o   Hristov, Iordan ^p   Jelaska, Sven D ^q   Kaligarič, Mitja ^r   Kamp, Johannes ^s   Klimek, Sebastian ^t   Koorberg, Pille ^u   Kostiuková, Jarmila ^v   Kovács Hostyánszki, Anikó ^b   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^w   Leuschner, Christoph ^a   Lindborg, Regina ^x   Loos, Jacqueline ^y   Maccherini, Simona ^z   Marja, Riho ^o   Máthé, Orsolya ^aa   Paulini, Inge ^ab   Proença, Vânia ^ac   Rey Benayas, José ^ad   Sans, F Xavier ^ae   Seifert, Charlotte ^a   Stalenga, Jarosław ^af   Timaeus, Johannes ^ag   Török, Péter ^ah   van Swaay, Chris ^ai   Viik, Eneli ^u   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MTA CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^g INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^j CEMAGREF   (France)

^k VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^l TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^m INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

ⁿ SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^p Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds/BirdLife Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^t Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries vTI   (Germany)

^u Agricultural Research Centre   (Estonia)

^v Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^w HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^x STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^y LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^z UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^aa BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^ac INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^af STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^ag HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^ah MTA DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group   (Hungary)

^ai DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Agricultural intensification; Common agricultural policy; European union; High nature value farmland

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84929660593     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12288     Document Type: Article

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