Agricultural intensification and ecosystem properties

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5325, 1997, Pages 504-509

  Matson, P A ^a   Parton, W J ^b   Power, A G ^c   Swift, M J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d c/o UNESCO/ROSTA ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PESTICIDE; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; AGROECOLOGY; BIOTIC INTERACTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MANAGEMENT APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; EROSION; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030840596     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5325.504     Document Type: Article

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