Ecological footprint: Implications for biodiversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 173, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-132

  Galli, Alessandro ^a   Wackernagel, Mathis ^b   Iha, Katsunori ^c   Lazarus, Elias ^b  

^a Global Footprint Network   (Switzerland)

^b Global Footprint Network   (United States)

^c Global Footprint Network   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biocapacity; Biodiversity monitoring; CBD; Database structure; Ecological Footprint; Indicators; Pressure displacement; Strategic goal A

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899859367     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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