Evaluating the relative environmental impact of countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a,b   Giam, Xingli ^c,d   Sodhi, Navjot S ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAHRAIN; BRAZIL; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; HEALTH STATUS; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; JAPAN; KOREA; KUWAIT; MALAYSIA; MARINE SPECIES; MEXICO; NETHERLANDS; PERU; PHILIPPINES; QATAR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SINGAPORE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956415578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010440     Document Type: Article

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