An environmental impact assessment of biofuel feedstock production on agro-ecosystem biodiversity in Canada

Agricultural Policies: New Developments

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 87-115

  Dyer, J A ^d   Hendrickson, O Q ^a   Desjardins, R L ^b   Andrachuk, H L ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c Junior consultant   (Canada)

^d NONE

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