Agri-environmental indicators to assess cropping and farming systems: A review

Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 725-738

  Bockstaller, Christian ^a   Guichard, Laurence ^b   Makowski, David ^b   Aveline, Anne ^b   Girardin, Philippe ^b   Plantureux, Sylvain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Indicators; Nitrogen; Pesticide; Simulation model; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857875559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2666-8_44     Document Type: Chapter

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