Sparing land for nature: Exploring the potential impact of changes in agricultural yield on the area needed for crop production

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1594-1605

  Balmford, Andrew ^a,b   Green, Rhys E ^a,c   Scharlemann, Jörn P W ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural yield; Agriculture; Conservation; Crop production; Cropland; Diet; Farming; Human population; Land sparing; Trade

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FOOD PRODUCTION; LAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 32544441478     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.001035.x     Document Type: Article

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