Supplanting ecosystem services provided by scavengers raises greenhouse gas emissions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Morales Reyes, Zebensui ^a   Pérez García, Juan M ^a   Moleón, Marcos ^a   Botella, Francisco ^a   Carrete, Martina ^b   Lazcano, Carolina ^a   Moreno Opo, Rubén ^c   Margalida, Antoni ^d,e   Donázar, José A ^f   Sánchez Zapata, José A ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LIVESTOCK; SANITATION; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIVESTOCK; SANITATION; SPAIN;

EID: 84922653983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07811     Document Type: Article

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