Do European agroforestry systems enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services? A meta-analysis

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 230, Issue , 2016, Pages 150-161

  Torralba, Mario ^a   Fagerholm, Nora ^a,b   Burgess, Paul J ^c   Moreno, Gerardo ^d   Plieninger, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Land use management; Silvoarable systems; Silvopastoral systems; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROFORESTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BANK EROSION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EROSION CONTROL; LAND USE CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84974603309     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.06.002     Document Type: Review

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