Addressing crop interactions within cropping systems in LCA

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1735-1743

  Goglio, Pietro ^a   Brankatschk, Gerhard ^b   Knudsen, Marie Trydeman ^c   Williams, Adrian G ^a   Nemecek, Thomas ^d  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allocation; Crop; Cropping system characteristics; Cropping systems; LCA; Methods; Product LCA; System LCA

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP INTERRELATIONSHIP; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROPPING SYSTEM; GRAZING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERCROPPING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; SOIL EROSION; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 85028980473     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-017-1393-9     Document Type: Article

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