Concepts in production ecology for analysis and quantification of agricultural input-output combinations

Field Crops Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-208

  Van Ittersum, M K ^a   Rabbinge, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural production systems; Agronomy; Concepts; Production ecology; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; ARABLE AGRICULTURE; CROP YIELD; PRODUCTION ECOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 0030749479     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(97)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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