Relevance of scale dependent approaches for integrating biophysical and socio-economic information and development of agroecological indicators

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 13-22

  Dumanski, J ^a,b   Pettapiece, W W ^c   McGregor, R J ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hierarchies; Scale

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; BIOPHYSICAL DATA; HIERACHY; RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SCALE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031597566     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-3021-1_2     Document Type: Article

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