Do polycultures promote win-wins or trade-offs in agricultural ecosystem services? A meta-analysis

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1593-1602

  Iverson, Aaron L ^a   Marín, Linda E ^a   Ennis, Katherine K ^b   Gonthier, David J ^a   Connor Barrie, Benjamin T ^a   Remfert, Jane L ^a   Cardinale, Bradley J ^a   Perfecto, Ivette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive design; Agroecosystems; Biological control; Ecosystem services; Multifunctionality; Polyculture; Substitutive design; Trade off; Win win; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912075661     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12334     Document Type: Review

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