Farming the planet: 2. Geographic distribution of crop areas, yields, physiological types, and net primary production in the year 2000

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Monfreda, Chad ^a   Ramankutty, Navin ^b   Foley, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CROPS; FARMS; LAND USE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP YIELD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; MAPPING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 45449110437     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GB002947     Document Type: Article

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