Policy impacts on regulating ecosystem services: looking at the implications of 60 years of landscape change on soil erosion prevention in a Mediterranean silvo-pastoral system

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 271-290

  Guerra, Carlos A ^a,b   Metzger, Marc J ^c   Maes, Joachim ^b   Pinto Correia, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; CAP; Land cover dynamics; Landscape change; Montado; Regulating services

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84955377078     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0241-1     Document Type: Article

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