Seasonality, diversity and aesthetic valuation of landscape plots: An integrative approach to assess landscape quality on different scales

Land Use Policy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-35

  Schüpbach, Beatrice ^a   Junge, Xenia ^b   Lindemann Matthies, Petra ^c   Walter, Thomas ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c Padagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Diversity; Indicator; Landscape preference; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ESTHETICS; MONITORING SYSTEM; POLICY APPROACH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84960115824     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.01.032     Document Type: Article

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