Agricultural ecosystems and their services: the vanguard of sustainability?

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 23, Issue , 2016, Pages 92-99

  DeClerck, F A J ^a,f,g   Jones, S K ^a,f,l   Attwood, S ^a   Bossio, D ^b,f   Girvetz, E ^b   Chaplin Kramer, B ^c   Enfors, E ^d   Fremier, A K ^e   Gordon, L J ^d   Kizito, F ^b   Lopez Noriega, I ^a   Matthews, N ^f   McCartney, M ⁱ   Meacham, M ^d   Noble, A ^f   Quintero, M ^b   Remans, Roseline ^a,g   Soppe, Richard ^k   Willemen, L ^h   Wood, S L R ^a   Zhang, W ^j   more..

^a BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CGIAR Research Program on Water   (Sri Lanka)

^g Land and Ecosystems ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

ⁱ International Management Institute   (Sri Lanka)

^j INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^l KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85012255070     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2016.11.016     Document Type: Review

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