The energy footprint: How oil, natural gas, and wind energy affect land for biodiversity and the flow of ecosystem services

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 290-301

  Jones, Nathan F ^a   Pejchar, Liba ^b   Kiesecker, Joseph M ^c  

^a ABR Environmental Research and Services   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy sprawl; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Land use; Landscape conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935470641     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu224     Document Type: Review

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