The "mountain effect" in the abandonment of grasslands: Insights from the French Southern Alps

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 221, Issue , 2016, Pages 115-124

  Hinojosa, Leonith ^a   Napoléone, Claude ^b   Moulery, Michel ^b   Lambin, Eric F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INRA Ecodeveloppement   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use modelling; Mountain agriculture; Remoteness

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; EUROPEAN UNION; GIS; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

FRANCE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 84956782801     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.032     Document Type: Article

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