Agricultural development and the conservation of avian biodiversity on the Eurasian steppes: A comparison of land-sparing and land-sharing approaches

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1578-1587

  Kamp, Johannes ^a,b   Urazaliev, Ruslan ^c   Balmford, Andrew ^d   Donald, Paul F ^b,d   Green, Rhys E ^b,d   Lamb, Anthony J ^d   Phalan, Ben ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c Office 406   (Kazakhstan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grazing; Kazakhstan; Land use policy; Protected areas; Steppe birds; Sustainable intensification; Wildlife friendly farming; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CROP YIELD; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROTECTED AREA; STEPPE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AVES;

EID: 84951119231     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12527     Document Type: Article

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