Global change and multi-species agroecosystems: Concepts and issues

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Vandermeer, John ^a   Van Noordwijk, Meine ^b   Anderson, Jo ^c   Ong, Chin ^b   Perfecto, Ivette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Concepts; Issues; Multi species agroecosystems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0031911924     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00150-3     Document Type: Review

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