Scale issues in agroecological research chains

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 23-34

  Wagenet, R J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Ecology; Hierarchy theory; Scale translation failures; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; DOWNSCALING; HIERACHY; SCALE; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; UPSCALING;

EID: 0031597562     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-3021-1_3     Document Type: Article

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