The role of supporting ecosystem services in conventional and organic arable farmland

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-310

  Sandhu, Harpinder S ^a   Wratten, Stephen D ^a   Cullen, Ross ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arable farming; Avoided cost; Biological control of pests; Economic value; Ecosystem services; Nutrient mineralisation; Soil formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955360018     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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