Gabriele Mack1, Nadja El Benni1, Martina Spörri1, Olivier Huguenin‑Elie2, Sophie Tindale3, Erik Hunter4, Paul Newell Price5, Lynn J. Frewer3 Abstract: Agriculture in Alpine regions plays an important role for multiple ecosystem services (ES)...
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John Elliott1, Sophie Tindale2, Samantha Outhwaite1, Fiona Nicholson1, Paul Newell-Price1, Novieta H. Sari2, Erik Hunter3, Pedro Sánchez-Zamora4, Shan Jin5, Rosa Gallardo-Cobos4, Simona Miškolci6 and Lynn J. Frewer2 Abstract Permanent grasslands...
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Filippo Milazzo1, Richard M. Francksen2, Mohamed Abdalla3, Simone Ravetto Enri4, Laura Zavattaro5, Marco Pittarello5, Stanislav Hejduk6, Paul Newell-Price7, René L. M. Schils8, Pete Smith3 and Tom Vanwalleghem1 Abstract Grasslands are at risk of...
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Newell Price J.P.1, Bufe C.2, Frewer L.3, Hejduk S.4, Hunter E.5, Klopčič M.6, Lively F.7, Lombardi G.8, Mulvenna C.7, Rankin J.9, Ravetto Enri S.8, Schils R.L.M.2, Smith K.1, ten Berge H.2, Tindale S.3, Tonn B.10 and Williams J.R.1 1ADAS, Spring...
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