Reshaping boundaries between farming systems and the environment

Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 307-333

  Bellon, Stéphane ^a   Hemptinne, Jean Louis ^b  

^a INRA Ecodeveloppement   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AGRO ECOLOGIES; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL SERVICES; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD PRODUCTION; SYSTEM PROPERTY;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84948096120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4503-2_14     Document Type: Chapter

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