Sharing a vision for biodiversity conservation and agriculture

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-96

  Quinn, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

agroecosystems; ecology; farmland; future collaboration; interdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH;

EID: 84873921377     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170512000154     Document Type: Article

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