Developing sustainable agroecosystems
Reference Type | Journal Article |
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Year of Publication |
1983
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Author:
Miguel A. Altieri Author: Deborah K. Letourneau Author: James R. Davis |
Journal |
BioScience
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Volume |
33
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Issue |
1
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Pagination |
45-49
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Date Published |
01/1983
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Language |
English
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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)
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URL |
http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/1/45
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DOI |
10.2307/1309244
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Journal Abbreviation |
BioScience
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ISSN |
0006-3568, 1525-3244
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