Mapping and analysing cropland use intensity from a NPP perspective

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Niedertscheider, Maria ^a   Kastner, Thomas ^a   Fetzel, Tamara ^a   Haberl, Helmut ^a   Kroisleitner, Christine ^b   Plutzar, Christoph ^a   Erb, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

biomass; cropland; global; land use intensity; net primary production; nitrogen; NPP

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAND USE; NITROGEN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; CROPLAND; GLOBAL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOCIETAL BENEFITS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; TEMPERATE REGIONS;

BIOMASS;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE; MAPPING METHOD; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHYTOMASS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84956646747     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/1/014008     Document Type: Article

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