Landowner perceptions of the value of natural forest and natural grassland in a mosaic ecosystem in southern Brazil

Sustainability Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 321-330

  Henderson, Kirsten A ^a   Reis, Mateus ^b   Blanco, Carolina C ^c   Pillar, Valério D ^c   Printes, Rodrigo C ^b   Bauch, Chris T ^d   Anand, Madhur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest grassland mosaic; Land use change; Perception; Policy; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958165128     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-015-0319-3     Document Type: Article

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