Global patterns in human consumption of net primary production

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6994, 2004, Pages 870-873

  Imhoff, Marc L ^a   Bounoua, Lahouari ^a,b   Ricketts, Taylor ^c,d   Loucks, Colby ^c   Harriss, Robert ^e   Lawrence, William T ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGY FLOWS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY FOOD ENERGY;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

CARBON;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOOD WEB; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; EARTH (PLANET); FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 3042672856     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02619     Document Type: Article

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