Real-world complexity of food security and biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1531-1539

  Habel, Jan Christian ^a   Teucher, Mike ^b   Hornetz, Berthold ^b   Jaetzold, Ralph ^b   Kimatu, Josphert N ^c   Kasili, Sichangi ^c   Mairura, Zachariah ^d   Mulwa, Ronald K ^c,e   Eggermont, Hilde ^f,g   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a   Lens, Luc ^g  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c SOUTH EASTERN KENYA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d Ministry of Agriculture   (Kenya)

^e INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^f ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change; Colonial and cultural legacy; Demographic pressure; Post harvest; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL FERTILITY;

KENYA;

EID: 84930536973     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0866-z     Document Type: Article

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