Providing Context for the Land-Sharing and Land-Sparing Debate

Conservation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 404-413

  Law, Elizabeth A ^a   Wilson, Kerrie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; Conservation; Land sharing; Land sparing; Policy; Wildlife friendly farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955338689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12168     Document Type: Article

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