Analysis of energy flow and greenhouse gas emissions in organic, integrated and conventional cultivation of white asparagus by PCA and HCA: Cases in Greece

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 29-30, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-27

  Zafiriou, Panagiota ^a   Mamolos, Andreas P ^a   Menexes, George C ^a   Siomos, Anastasios S ^a   Tsatsarelis, Constantinos A ^a   Kalburtji, Kiriaki L ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agri environmental indicators; Energy budget; Greenhouse gas emissions; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY USE; FARMING SYSTEM; FIELD OPERATION; FOUR-GROUP; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA);

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

ASPARAGUS;

EID: 84858716407     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.040     Document Type: Article

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