Resource use dynamics and interactions in the tropics: Scaling up in space and time

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-27

  Giller, Ken E ^a   Rowe, Ed C ^a,b   De Ridder, Nico ^a   Van Keulen, Herman ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop livestock systems; Scaling up; Self organization; Spatial dynamics; Whole farm analysis

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 31444448181     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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