Global agriculture and carbon trade-offs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 12342-12347

  Johnson, Justin Andrew ^a,b   Runge, Carlisle Ford ^a   Senauer, Benjamin ^a   Foley, Jonathan ^a   Polasky, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropland expansion; Food security

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CARBON STORAGE; COST; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 84906662191     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412835111     Document Type: Article

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