acidification; agricultural ecosystem; agricultural management; agricultural policy; alternative agriculture; biophysics; decision making; ecotoxicology; environmental impact; eutrophication; integrated approach; life cycle analysis; mixed farming; resource use; Alta Murgia National Park; Italy; Puglia; Animalia Moretti; M.; University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Agro-environmental and Territorial Sciences; Via Amendola 165/A; Italy; email: michele.moretti@uhasselt.be
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