Historical trade-offs of livestock's environmental impacts

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Davis, Kyle Frankel ^a   Yu, Kailiang ^a   Herrero, Mario ^b   Havlik, Petr ^c   Carr, Joel A ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental trade offs; food security; footprint; livestock sector; virtual trade

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COMMERCE; CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SUPPLY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; MAMMALS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; FOOD SECURITY; FOOTPRINT; INTEGRATED EVALUATION; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; LIVESTOCK SECTOR; TRADE OFF;

AGRICULTURE;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RESOURCE USE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84952765710     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/125013     Document Type: Article

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