Redundancy theory and its application in agro-ecosystem management

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 375-378

  Han, Mingchun ^a,c   Wu, Jianjun ^a   Wang, Fen ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Zhejiang Province   (China)

^c Zhejiang Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems management; Optimal growth redundancy degree; Redundancy; Redundancy degree

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 25844497496     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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