A comparison of three methods to assess land use impacts on biodiversity in a case study of forestry plantations in New Zealand

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1214-1225

  Michelsen, Ottar ^a   McDevitt, James E ^b   Coelho, Carla R V ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Life cycle assessment; New Zealand; Pinus radiata; Plantation forestry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORESTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOOD;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 84902543485     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0742-1     Document Type: Article

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