Estimating the cost of different strategies for measuring farmland biodiversity: Evidence from a Europe-wide field evaluation

Targetti, S., Herzog, F., Geijzendorffer, I., Wolfrum, S., Arndorfer, M., Balazs, K., Choisis, J. P., Dennis, P., Eiter, S., Fjellstad, W., Friedel, J. K., Jeanneret, P., Jongman, R. H. G., Kainz, M., Leuscher, G., Moreno, G., Zanetti, T., Sarthou, J-P., Stoyanova, S., Wiley, D., Paoletti, M., Viaggi, D. (2014). Estimating the cost of different strategies for measuring farmland biodiversity: Evidence from a Europe-wide field evaluation. Ecological Indicators, 45, 434-443 Reviewed with decision: accept after minor revision, 13 January 2014, reference code: ECOLIND-3303R1. Update: accepted for publication, 29 April 2014, ECOLIND-3303R3.

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