Making tradeoffs for agroecosystem health

Ecosystem Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 82-93

  Forsyth, Margaret ^a   VanLeeuwen, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROECOSYSTEM HEALTH; BIOPHYSICAL INDICATORS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

EID: 5844383578     PISSN: 10762825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-0992.1997.00711.pp.x     Document Type: Article

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