Assessing the cross-scale impact of 50 years of agricultural transformation in Argentina

Field Crops Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-194

  Viglizzo, Ernesto F ^a,b,c   Ricard, M Florencia ^c   Jobbágy, Esteban G ^b   Frank, Federico C ^a,c   Carreño, Lorena V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cross scales dependencies; Cultivation expansion; Fluxes and impacts); Indicators (of stocks

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; CARBON; CULTIVATION; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; FARMING SYSTEM; FOSSIL FUEL; GAS FLOW; GREENHOUSE GAS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 80052683628     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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