The role of agri-environment schemes in conservation and environmental management

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1006-1016

  Batáry, Péter ^a   Dicks, Lynn V ^b   Kleijn, David ^c   Sutherland, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Common agricultural policy; Europe; European Union; Farmland; Field margin; Grassland; Organic management

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIELD MARGIN; GRASSLAND; META-ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; ORGANIC FARMING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EUROPE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; HISTORY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY;

EID: 84937073660     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12536     Document Type: Article

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