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Chapter Eleven - The resilience of Australian agricultural landscapes characterised by land-sparing versus land-sharing

from Part II - Integrating biodiversity and building resilience into agricultural systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2019

By
David J. Abson ,
Kate Sherren  and
Joern Fischer
Edited by
Sarah M. Gardner ,
Stephen J. Ramsden  and
Rosemary S. Hails
Sarah M. Gardner
Affiliation:
GardnerLoboAssociates
Stephen J. Ramsden
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Rosemary S. Hails
Affiliation:
The National Trust
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Agricultural Resilience
Perspectives from Ecology and Economics
 , pp. 232 - 252
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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