Optimizing intermediate ecosystem services in agriculture using rules based on landscape composition and configuration indices

Ecological Economics

Volumn 128, Issue , 2016, Pages 214-223

  Cong, Rong Gang ^a,b   Ekroos, Johan ^a   Smith, Henrik G ^a   Brady, Mark V ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Agglomeration; Agri environmental policy; Dispersion; Governance; Pollination

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP YIELD; DISPERSION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; POLLINATION;

EID: 84977658027     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.05.006     Document Type: Article

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