Exploring links between culture and biodiversity: studying land use intensity from the plot to the landscape level

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3285-3303

  Bürgi, Matthias ^a   Li, Li ^b   Kizos, Thanasis ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disturbance; Land use change; Land use intensity (LUI); Landscape dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION;

CHINA; GREECE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84945477616     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0970-0     Document Type: Article

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