Valuing scattered trees from wood-pastures by farmers in a traditional rural region of Eastern Europe

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 236, Issue , 2017, Pages 304-311

  Hartel, Tibor ^a,b   Réti, Kinga Olga ^b   Craioveanu, Cristina ^b  

^a SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Ecosystem service; Old trees; Silvopastoral systems; Sparse trees; Traditional farming

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD PRODUCTION; PASTORALISM; PASTURE; RURAL AREA; SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; WOOD;

EASTERN EUROPE; ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

EID: 85006757675     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.11.019     Document Type: Article

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