Stakeholder perspectives of wood-pasture ecosystem services: A case study from Iberian dehesas

Land Use Policy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 324-333

  Garrido, Pablo ^a   Elbakidze, Marine ^a   Angelstam, Per ^a   Plieninger, Tobias ^b   Pulido, Fernando ^c   Moreno, Gerardo ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dehesa landscape; Qualitative approach; Social ecological system; Socio cultural valuation; Traditional knowledge and practices; Transhumance

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERVICE PROVISION; STAKEHOLDER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EXTREMADURA; SPAIN;

EID: 84995468142     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.10.022     Document Type: Article

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