Solar energy development impacts on land cover change and protected areas

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 13579-13584

  Hernandez, Rebecca R ^a,b   Hoffacker, Madison K ^c   Murphy Mariscal, Michelle L ^c   Wu, Grace C ^d   Allen, Michael F ^c,e  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Conservation; Greenhouse gas emissions; Land use; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROPLAND; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; PASTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84946600437     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1517656112     Document Type: Article

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