Projecting global land-use change and its effect on ecosystem service provision and biodiversity with simple models

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Nelson, Erik ^a   Sander, Heather ^b,c   Hawthorne, Peter ^b   Conte, Marc ^a   Ennaanay, Driss ^a   Wolny, Stacie ^a   Manson, Steven ^b   Polasky, Stephen ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RAIN;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN NEEDS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY; AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CITY; CLIMATE; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CITIES; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RAIN; URBANIZATION;

EID: 78650739455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014327     Document Type: Article

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