Changes in land use in South Africa between 1961 and 2006: An integrated socio-ecological analysis based on the human appropriation of net primary production framework

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 715-727

  Niedertscheider, Maria ^a   Gingrich, Simone ^a   Erb, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agricultural change; Biomass extraction; Biomass flows; HANPP; Land use; NPP; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869175184     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0285-6     Document Type: Article

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