Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices

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SustainabilityBusinessAgricultureEcosystem servicesNatural resource economicsIncentiveProduction (economics)USableEnvironmental resource managementFood processingEcosystemEnvironmental planningEcologyEnvironmental scienceEconomicsPolitical scienceComputer science

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Year: 2002
Type: review
Volume: 418
Issue: 6898
Pages: 671-677
Citations: 7478
Access: Closed

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                                    David Tilman, 
                                
                                    Kenneth G. Cassman, 
                                
                                    Pamela A. Matson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices. 
                            Nature
                            , 418
                            (6898)
                            , 671-677.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01014
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature01014