High-resolution assessment of land use impacts on biodiversity in life cycle assessment using species habitat suitability models

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2237-2244

  De Baan, Laura ^a   Curran, Michael ^a   Rondinini, Carlo ^b   Visconti, Piero ^b,c   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a   Koellner, Thomas ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; MAMMALS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CONSERVATION STATUS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; HABITAT SUITABILITY MODEL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); METHODOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT MODELS;

LIFE CYCLE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MAMMAL;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEA; TOBACCO; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; COFFEA; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EAST AFRICA;

MAMMALIA;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; COFFEA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TOBACCO;

EID: 84923112398     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504380t     Document Type: Article

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