Ecology in sustainable agriculture practices and systems

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 64-73

  Francis, C A ^a   Porter, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems management; Conventional agriculture; Crop rotations; Crop animal systems; Ecological practices; Pest management; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956079232     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.554353     Document Type: Article

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