Agricultural use of wetlands: Opportunities and limitations

Annals of Botany

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-163

  Verhoeven, Jos T A ^a   Setter, Tim L ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Irrigation; Peat subsidence; Rice fields; Sustainable agriculture; Water use; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

PALM OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CULTIVAR; ENERGY CROP; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PADDY FIELD; PEAT SOIL; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABILITY; TOLERANCE; WATER USE; WATERLOGGING; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ARECACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NETHERLANDS; REVIEW; RICE; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ARECACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; NETHERLANDS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT OILS; WETLANDS;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 73149121387     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp172     Document Type: Review

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