Dematerialization: Variety, caution, and persistence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 12774-12779

  Ausubel, Jesse H ^a   Waggoner, Paul E ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cropland; Energy; Fertilizer; Impact

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHINA; DEMATERIALIZATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EXHAUST GAS; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; INCOME; INDIA; INDONESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BRAZIL; CARBON; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA;

EID: 51349085126     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806099105     Document Type: Article

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