Biodiversity conservation in agriculture requires a multi-scale approach

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1791, 2014, Pages

  Gonthier, David J ^a,e   Ennis, Katherine K ^b   Farinas, Serge ^a   Hsieh, Hsun Yi ^a   Iverson, Aaron L ^a   Batáry, Péter ^c   Rudolphi, Jörgen ^d   Tscharntke, Teja ^c   Cardinale, Bradley J ^a   Perfecto, Ivette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Agroecology; Intensification; Landscape complexity; Organic farming; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROECOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTEBRATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERTEBRATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INVERTEBRATES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 85003054537     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1358     Document Type: Article

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