Human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP) in Nova Scotia, Canada

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  O'Neill, Daniel W ^a   Tyedmers, Peter H ^a   Beazley, Karen F ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biophysical indicators; Human ecology; Land use land cover change; Net primary production (NPP); Nova Scotia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947284345     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-006-0021-1     Document Type: Article

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