Greenhouse gas and groudwater recharge abatement benefits of tree crops in southwestern Australian farming systems

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-231

  Petersen, Elizabeth ^a   Schilizzi, Steven ^b   Bennett, David ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NRMC Pty Ltd   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FARMING SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; RECHARGE;

AUSTRALIA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038299370     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00210     Document Type: Article

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