Syndromes of production in agriculture: Prospects for social-ecological regime change

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Vandermeer, John H ^a   Perfecto, Ivette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Production syndromes; Regime change; Stability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84871975994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04813-170439     Document Type: Article

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