Methodological approach for the assessment of environmental effects of agroforestry at the landscape scale

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 450-462

  Palma, J H N ^a   Graves, A R ^b   Burgess, P J ^b   Keesman, K J ^c   van Keulen, H ^c   Mayus, M ^d   Reisner, Y ^a   Herzog, F ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Carbon sequestration; Erosion; Landscape diversity; Modeling; Nitrogen leaching

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LANDSCAPE DIVERSITY; NITROGEN LEACHING;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGROFORESTRY; ALGORITHM; ALLEY CROPPING; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EROSION CONTROL; LEACHING; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NETHERLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847736267     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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