Ecological constraints on the ability of precision agriculture to improve the environmental performance of agricultural production systems

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 210, 1997, Pages 52-67

  Groffman, Peter M ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROP; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031311405     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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