Mixing plant species in cropping systems: Concepts, tools and models: A review

Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 329-353

  Malezieux E ^a   Crozat, Y ^b   Dupraz, C ^b   Laurans, M ^b   Makowski, D ^b   Ozier Lafontaine, H ^b   Rapidel, B ^b   De Tourdonnet, S ^b   Valantin Morison, M ^b  

^a Campus international de Baillarguet   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Agroforestry system; Competition; Crop model; Cropping system; Facilitation; Plant mixture; Resource sharing; Species mixture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954567998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2666-8_22     Document Type: Chapter

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