Governing nature by numbers - EU subsidy regulations do not capture the unique values of woody pastures

Biological Conservation

Volumn 191, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Jakobsson, Simon ^a   Lindborg, Regina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CAP; Diversity; European Union; Plant; Tree density

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EUROPEAN UNION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HOMOGENEITY; NITROGEN; PASTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; VASCULAR PLANT;

SWEDEN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84934978335     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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