Using optimization methods to align food production and biodiversity conservation beyond land sharing and land sparing

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 589-595

  Butsic, Van ^a   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; Conservation; Land sharing; Land sparing; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOOD PRODUCTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CATERING SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS;

EID: 85047698157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1927.1     Document Type: Article

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