Linking traditional tree-crop landscapes and agro-biodiversity in central Italy using a database of typical and traditional products: a multiple risk assessment through a data mining analysis

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3009-3031

  Biasi, Rita ^a   Brunori, Elena ^a   Smiraglia, Daniela ^b   Salvati, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity erosion; Cultural landscapes; Environmental risk; Local varieties; Traditional agricultural practices

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVAR; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DATA MINING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

ITALY; LAZIO; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84945749205     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0994-5     Document Type: Article

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