Assessment of ecosystem services and dis-services of an agro-ecosystem based on extended emergy framework: A case study of Luancheng county, North China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 241-251

  Ma, Fengjiao ^a,b   Eneji, A Egrinya ^c   Liu, Jintong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem services; China; Emergy analysis framework; Luancheng County; Resource consumption; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; CHINA; EMERGY ANALYSIS; LUANCHENG COUNTY; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMERGY; INORGANIC COMPOUND; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; HEBEI; LUANCHENG;

EID: 84929469593     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.100     Document Type: Article

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