The multifunctional roles of vegetated strips around and within agricultural fields

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Haddaway, Neal R ^a,b   Brown, Colin ^c   Eales, Jacqui ^d   Eggers, Sönke ^e   Josefsson, Jonas ^e   Kronvang, Brian ^f   Randall, Nicola P ^g   Uusi Kämppä, Jaana ^h  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d Independent Research Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Agricultural management; Agricultural policy; Agricultural pollution; Beetlebank; Buffer; Buffer strip; Filter strip; Hedgerow; Mitigation; Riparian buffer; Vegetative strip

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047942735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-018-0126-2     Document Type: Review

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