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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. ecology
  3. agroecology
  4. agroecological zones
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. ecology
  3. agroecology
  4. agroecological zones

Preferred term

agroecological zones

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Land areas classified by their biophysical attributes, (such as rainfed soil moisture availability, temperature, length of growing period), in order to cluster land use types into homogenous units for agricultural production considerations.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • agro-ecological regions
  • agroecological regions
  • agro-ecological zones
  • agro-ecoregions
  • agroecoregions
  • agro-ecozones
  • agroecozones

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5526

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