The contributions of stewardship to managing agro-ecosystem environments

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 55-84

  Plummer, Ryan ^a   Spiers, Andrew ^b   Summer, Robert ^b   FitzGibbon, John ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental farm planning; Environmental management; Stewardship; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

SUS;

EID: 67649963306     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v31n03_06     Document Type: Article

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