Agricultural expansion and its impacts on tropical nature

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-116

  Laurance, William F ^a   Sayer, Jeffrey ^a   Cassman, Kenneth G ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Biodiversity; Biodiversity hotspots; Carbon storage; Deforestation; Land sparing; Species extinctions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; NATURE CONSERVATION;

SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

FRESH WATER;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS; CARBON STORAGE; CROP; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LAND SPARING; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES EXTINCTIONS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS; CARBON STORAGE; DEFORESTATION; LAND SPARING; SPECIES EXTINCTIONS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRANSPORTATION; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84893014235     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.12.001     Document Type: Review

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