Farming for ecosystem services: An ecological approach to production agriculture

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 404-415

  Robertson, G Philip ^a   Gross, Katherine L ^b   Hamilton, Stephen K ^b   Landis, Douglas A ^b   Schmidt, Thomas M ^c   Snapp, Sieglinde S ^b   Swinton, Scott M ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MSU   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; biocontrol; ecosystem services; greenhouse gas mitigation; water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900434549     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu037     Document Type: Review

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