Environment and integrated agricultural systems

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 304-313

  Hendrickson, John R ^a   Liebig, M A ^a   Sassenrath, G F ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Environmental limitations; Shannon's diversity index; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FARMING SYSTEM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUSTAINABILITY;

KANSAS; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55749103417     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170508002329     Document Type: Article

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