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Effects of the European Common Agricultural Policy on Preserving Biodiversity: Farmland Birds in Slovenia

European Countryside
Volume 11 (2019): Issue 3 (September 2019)
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|Oct 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1803-8417
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Language: English
Page range: 281 - 297
Submitted on: Nov 5, 2018
Accepted on: Aug 21, 2019
Published on: Oct 7, 2019
Published by: Mendel University in Brno
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
agricultural payments,
farmland bird diversity,
Shannon index,
panel data model,
special protection areas
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other

© 2019 Renata Slabe-Erker, Marko Ogorevc, Primož Kmecl, Rok Ciglič, published by Mendel University in Brno
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