Biological diversity in agriculture and global change

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 35, Issue , 2010, Pages 137-166

  Zimmerer, Karl S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; agrobiodiversity; agroecosystem; climate change; global change; globalization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; AGROBIODIVERSITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBALIZATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77954041921     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-040309-113840     Document Type: Article

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