Action versus result-oriented schemes in a Grassland agroecosystem: A dynamic modelling approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sabatier, Rodolphe ^a   Doyen, Luc ^b   Tichit, Muriel ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION SCHEME; AGROECOSYSTEM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRANCE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT ORIENTED SCHEME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESULT ORIENTED SCHEME; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AVES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84859342170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033257     Document Type: Article

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