‘I am an Intensive Guy’: The Possibility and Conditions of Reconciliation Through the Ecological Intensification Framework

Environmental Management

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1184-1198

  Levain, Alix ^a,b   Vertès, Françoise ^c,d   Ruiz, Laurent ^c,d   Delaby, Luc ^d,e   Gascuel Odoux, Chantal ^c,d   Barbier, Marc ^a  

^a University ofParis Est   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UMR SAS   (France)

^d AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^e PEGASE   (France)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Grassland multi functionality; Green tides; Intensive livestock farming; Interdisciplinary research; Land management; Nitrates

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; NITRATES; SEMANTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GREEN TIDES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY;

AGRICULTURE;

NITRATE;

AGROECOLOGY; AGRONOMY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; FARMING SYSTEM; INNOVATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NITRATE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOPERATION; DAIRYING; ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; KNOWLEDGE; LIVESTOCK; NITRATE LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; POLITICS; SCIENCE; SEASHORE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIETY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84945447488     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0548-3     Document Type: Article

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