Grand challenges in agroecology and land use systems

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Nair, P K Ramachandran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agroecology; Agroecosystems; Biodiversity; Environmental sustainability; Food production; Land degradation; Land usesystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027881388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2014.00001     Document Type: Article

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