Does growing vegetables in plastic greenhouses enhance regional ecosystem services beyond the food supply?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-49

  Chang, Jie ^a   Wu, Xu ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Meyerson, Laura A ^b   Gu, Baojing ^a   Min, Yong ^a   Xue, Hui ^a   Peng, Changhui ^c,d   Ge, Ying ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL CARBON; VEGETABLE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84875861441     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/100223     Document Type: Article

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