Energy prices will play an important role in determining global land use in the twenty first century

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Steinbuks, Jevgenijs ^a   Hertel, Thomas W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; biofuels; climate impacts on agriculture and forestry; energy; GHG Emissions; land cover change; land use; oil prices; regulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; COSTS; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; OILS AND FATS; TIMBER;

CLIMATE IMPACTS; ENERGY; GHG EMISSION; LAND-COVER CHANGE; OIL PRICES; REGULATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BIODIVERSITY; EMISSION; ENERGY MARKET; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM; PRICE DYNAMICS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; COSTS; ENERGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; REGULATIONS;

EID: 84876163807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014014     Document Type: Article

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