Reconciling agriculture with biodiversity and innova tions in plant breeding

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-24

  Kotschi, Johannes ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Biodiversity; Climate change; Evolutionary plant breeding; Food security

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952994536     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.19.1.5     Document Type: Article

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