The need for improved maps of global Cropland

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Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 31-32

  Fritz, Steffen ^a   See, Linda ^a   You, Liangzhi ^b   Justice, Chris ^c   Becker Reshef, Inbal ^c   Bydekerke, Lieven ^d   Cumani, Renato ^e   Defourny, Pierre ^f   Erb, Karlheinz ^g   Foley, Jon ^h   Gilliams, Sven ^d   Gong, Peng ⁱ   Hansen, Matt ^c   Hertel, Thomas ^j   Herold, Martin ^k   Herrero, Mario ^l   Kayitakire, Francois ^m   Latham, John ⁿ   Leo, Olivier ^o   McCallum, Ian ^a   Obersteiner, Michael ^a   Ramankutty, Navin ^p   Rocha, Jansle ^q   Tang, Huajun ^r   Thornton, Philip ^s   Vancutsem, Christelle ^o   Van Der Velde, Marijn ^a   Wood, Stan ^t   Woodcock, Curtis ^u   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^e FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^m JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

ⁿ FAO   (United States)

^o JRC   (Japan)

^p MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^r INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^s CGIAR Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) ILRI   (Denmark)

^t IFPRI   (United States)

^u BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND COVER; MAP;

EID: 84939975297     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: 23249250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013EO030006     Document Type: Review

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