Is mountain farming no longer viable?: The complex dynamics of farming abandonment in the pyrenees

The Future of Mountain Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 89-104

  López i Gelats, Feliu ^a  

^a Edifici ESAB   (Spain)

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EID: 85016060559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33584-6_7     Document Type: Chapter

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