Towards productive landscapes: Trade-offs in tree-cover and income across a matrix of smallholder agricultural land-use systems

Land Use Policy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 152-164

  Rahman, Syed Ajijur ^a,b,c   Sunderland, Terry ^c,d   Kshatriya, Mrigesh ^c   Roshetko, James M ^e   Pagella, Tim ^b   Healey, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre Bogor   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Crop production; Deforestation; Ecosystem services; Income; Tree planting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; LAND USE; SMALLHOLDER; TRADE-OFF; TREE PLANTING;

BANGLADESH; INDONESIA; WEST JAVA;

EID: 84979697032     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.07.003     Document Type: Article

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