Developing sustainable agroecosystems
| Title | Developing sustainable agroecosystems |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1983 |
| Authors | Altieri, MA, Letourneau, DK, Davis, JR |
| Journal | BioScience |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 45-49 |
| Date Published | January 1983 |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | agronomy; biodiversity; ecosystem; energy use; food production; insects; land use; local knowledge; pest management; plant diseases; soils; sustainable agriculture; weeds |
| Abstract | Yields in modern agricultural systems are sustained by investing costly external resources of uncertain future availability and with technologies that have prompted ecosystemic degradation. The ecological and socioeconomic aspects of developing alternative, self-sustained, energy efficient, less resource-intensive agroecosystems are analyzed. (author) |
| URL | http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/1/45 |
| DOI | 10.2307/1309244 |
| Journal Abbreviation | BioScience |
| ISSN | 0006-3568, 1525-3244 |
