Land use biodiversity impacts embodied in international food trade

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 195-204

  Chaudhary, Abhishek ^a   Kastner, Thomas ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; Consumption; Global trade; Land use; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPORT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAND USE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

CHINA; INDONESIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84962630342     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.03.013     Document Type: Article

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