Spatial land use trade-offs for maintenance of biodiversity, biofuel, and agriculture

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1987-1999

  Behrman, Kathrine D ^a,b   Juenger, Thomas E ^b   Kiniry, James R ^a   Keitt, Timothy H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

ALMANAC model; Ecosystem services; Panicum virgatum L; Spatial optimization; Species richness; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE PLANNING; MAMMAL; REPTILE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; REPTILIA;

EID: 84945458820     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0225-1     Document Type: Article

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