Crop Species Diversity Changes in the United States: 1978-2012.

Anecdotal accounts regarding reduced US cropping system diversity have raised concerns about negative impacts of increasingly homogeneous cropping systems. However, formal analyses to document such changes are lacking. Using US Agriculture Census data, which are collected every five years, we quanti...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Aguilar, Greta G Gramig, John R Hendrickson, David W Archer, Frank Forcella, Mark A Liebig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4550420?pdf=render