Managing ditches for agroecological engineering of landscape. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 999-1020

  Dollinger, Jeanne ^a   Dagès, Cécile ^a   Bailly, Jean Stéphane ^a   Lagacherie, Philippe ^a   Voltz, Marc ^a  

^a UMR LISAH   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Ditch; Ecosystem services; Erosion control; Farmed landscape; Landscape processes; Maintenance operation; Management; Water purification; Waterlogging control

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84934986484     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-015-0301-6     Document Type: Review

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