System-level approach needed to evaluate the transition to more sustainable agriculture

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA lponisio@berkeley.edu.
² Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

Comment

Lauren C Ponisio et al. Proc Biol Sci. 2016.

. 2016 Feb 10;283(1824):20152913.

doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2913.

¹ Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA lponisio@berkeley.edu.
² Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

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Comment on

Current approaches neglect possible agricultural cutback under large-scale organic farming. A comment to Ponisio et al.
Leifeld J. Leifeld J. Proc Biol Sci. 2016 Feb 10;283(1824):20151623. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1623. Proc Biol Sci. 2016. PMID: 26842565 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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