Ecosystem services provided by agroecosystems: A qualitative and quantitative assessment of this relationship in the Pampa Region, Argentina

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 606-619

  Rositano, Florencia ^a   Ferraro, Diego Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Conceptual network; Ecosystem services; Expert elicitation; Literature review; Pampean agroecosystems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; MAINTENANCE;

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EXPERT ELICITATION; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PROBABILISTIC METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; SOIL WATER; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROECOSYSTEM; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BENEFICIAL ORGANISM; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON BALANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DELPHI STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EVAPORATION; GROWING SEASON; HARVEST; MAIZE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT RESIDUE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOYBEAN; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATER CONTAMINATION; AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ARGENTINA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL;

EID: 84898549203     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0211-9     Document Type: Article

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