The intersection of food security and biodiversity conservation: a review

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1303-1313

  Glamann, Josefine ^a   Hanspach, Jan ^a   Abson, David J ^a   Collier, Neil ^a   Fischer, Joern ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Biodiversity conservation; Cluster analysis; Food security; Food sovereignty; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944600097     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0873-3     Document Type: Article

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