Energy inputs, outputs and greenhouse gas emissions in organic, integrated and conventional peach orchards

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-28

  Michos, Marios C ^a   Mamolos, Andreas P ^a   Menexes, George C ^a   Tsatsarelis, Constantinos A ^a   Tsirakoglou, Vasilios M ^a   Kalburtji, Kiriaki L ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agro environmental indicators; Climate change; Energy budget; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Life Cycle Assessment; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY INPUTS; FARMING PRACTICES; FARMING SYSTEM; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; NORTHERN GREECE; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEM; PEACH ORCHARDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; LIFE CYCLE; ORCHARDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY FLOW; FARMING SYSTEM; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; ORCHARD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GREECE;

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 80053261615     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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