Reframing the land-sparing/land-sharing debate for biodiversity conservation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1355, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-76

  Kremen, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Agroecology; Food sovereignty; Population persistence; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUNGER; LAND SHARING; LAND SPARING; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; NATURAL RESOURCES;

EID: 84947021134     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12845     Document Type: Article

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