Development of a management tool to indicate the environmental impact of organic viticulture

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 826-835

  Fragoulis, Georgios ^a,d   Trevisan, Marco ^a,d   Di Guardo, Andrea ^b,e   Sorce, Andrea ^b,e   Van Der Meer, Markus ^c   Weibel, Franco ^c   Capri, Ettore ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b Informatica Ambientale ^*

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^e Informatica Ambientale Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOLS; DECISION RULES; DECISION SUPPORTS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES; EUROPEAN UNIONS; FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT TOOLS; ORGANIC FARMINGS; PROPERTY MANAGERS; UPWARD TRENDS; VINEYARD MANAGEMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; WINE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VINEYARD;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZERS; FUZZY LOGIC; PEST CONTROL; SOFTWARE; SOIL; VITIS;

EID: 63449138154     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0182     Document Type: Article

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