Meta-studies in land use science: Current coverage and prospects

Ambio

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 15-28

  van Vliet, Jasper ^a   Magliocca, Nicholas R ^b,c   Büchner, Bianka ^a   Cook, Elizabeth ^d,r   Rey Benayas, José M ^e   Ellis, Erle C ^b   Heinimann, Andreas ^f   Keys, Eric ^g,s   Lee, Tien Ming ^h   Liu, Jianguo ⁱ   Mertz, Ole ^j   Meyfroidt, Patrick ^k   Moritz, Mark ^l   Poeplau, Christopher ^m,n   Robinson, Brian E ^o   Seppelt, Ralf ^p   Seto, Karen C ^q   Verburg, Peter H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^h Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

ⁱ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^l OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

ⁿ Thuenen Institute of Climate Smart Agriculture   (Germany)

^o MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^p HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^q Yale University   (United States)

^r UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^s WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Drivers; Human environmental systems; Impacts; Land use change; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STUDY METHOD; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; URBANIZATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84954377694     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0699-8     Document Type: Review

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