Learning how to model ecosystem trade-offs at the farm scale

Modelling for Environment's Sake: Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Conference of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, iEMSs 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 675-682

  Pilgrim, E ^a   Macleod, C J A ^a   Beaumont, D ^a   Blackwell, M S A ^a   Bol, R ^a   Del Prado, A ^b   Griffith, B ^a   Orr, R ^a   Shepherd, A ^a   Wu, L ^a   Firbank, L G ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grassland; Greenhouse gases; Legume; Technology; Water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; CONFLICTING EVIDENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FARM SCALE; FOOD PRODUCTION; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL DEMAND; GRASSLAND; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; LEGUME; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS;

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FARMS; GREENHOUSE GASES; TECHNOLOGY; WATER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84858643364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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