Geographic distribution of major crops across the world

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Leff, Billie ^a   Ramankutty, Navin ^a   Foley, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural census; Crop distribution; Crop harvested area; Croplands; Land cover; Land use

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; FARMING SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 17744402535     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gb002108     Document Type: Article

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