Characterizing social–ecological units to inform biodiversity conservation in cultural landscapes

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 853-864

  Hanspach, Jan ^a   Loos, Jacqueline ^a,b   Dorresteijn, Ine ^a   Abson, David J ^a   Fischer, Joern ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

farmland biodiversity; human environment systems; landscape sustainability science; traditional farming landscapes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; LAND USE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VILLAGE;

ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84966632795     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12449     Document Type: Article

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