Harmonizing the assessment of biodiversity effects from land and water use within LCA

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3584-3592

  Verones, Francesca ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^b   Chaudhary, Abhishek ^c   De Baan, Laura ^c   Koellner, Thomas ^d   Hellweg, Stefanie ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS;

GLOBAL COVERAGE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION; WATER USE;

LIFE CYCLE;

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; COFFEA; CROP; KENYA; PROCEDURES; SUGARCANE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; COFFEA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; KENYA; SACCHARUM; WATER;

EID: 84939603727     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504995r     Document Type: Article

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