The macroecology of sustainability

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Burger, Joseph R ^a   Allen, Craig D ^b   Brown, James H ^a,c   Burnside, William R ^a   Davidson, Ana D ^a,d   Fristoe, Trevor S ^a   Hamilton, Marcus J ^a,c   Mercado Silva, Norman ^a,e   Nekola, Jeffrey C ^a   Okie, Jordan G ^a,f   Zuo, Wenyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); NATURAL SCIENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOLOGY; STOICHIOMETRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863693722     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001345     Document Type: Article

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