Agroecological conversion of conventional production systems: Theory, strategies and assessment;Conversión agroecológica de sistemas convencionales de producción: Teoría, estrategias y evaluación

Ecosistemas

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-12

  Altieri, M A ^a   Nicholls, C I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Biodiversity; Conversion; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 85123443524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16972473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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