Greenhouse gas emissions from conventional and organic cropping systems in Spain. II. Fruit tree orchards

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 725-737

  Aguilera, Eduardo ^a   Guzmán, Gloria ^a   Alonso, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Coproduct allocation; Cover crops; Life cycle assessment; Mediterranean; Orchards; Organic management; Prunings

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORCHARD; ORGANIC FARMING; PRUNING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; VINEYARD;

SPAIN;

CITRUS; OLEACEAE;

EID: 84925768087     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0265-y     Document Type: Article

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