Drivers of changes in agricultural intensity in Europe

Land Use Policy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 380-393

  Levers, Christian ^a   Butsic, Van ^b   Verburg, Peter H ^c   Müller, Daniel ^a,d   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensity; Europe; Intensification; Land use change; Panel regression model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84981321227     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.08.013     Document Type: Article

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