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Ecological Interactions Within the Biodiversity of Cultivated Systems

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Various types of biodiversities can be found within the cultivated plot and in its surrounding environment: plant, animal and microbial biodiversities; aboveground and belowground biodiversities; productive, resource, destructive biodiversities, etc.

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  3. Department ES, Director of the Selmet Joint Research Unit (Mediterranean and Tropical Livestock Systems)—CIRAD, Montpellier, France

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Ratnadass, A., Blanchart, É., Lecomte, P. (2013). Ecological Interactions Within the Biodiversity of Cultivated Systems. In: Hainzelin, É. (eds) Cultivating Biodiversity to Transform Agriculture. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7984-6_5

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