Systems approaches for the design of sustainable agro-ecosystems

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 369-393

  Kropff, M J ^a   Bouma, J ^a   Jones, J W ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agronomy; Climatic impact; Crop management; Crop modelling; Crop protection; Ecological studies; Farming systems; IPM

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034775610     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(01)00052-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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