Spatially Explicit Analysis of Biodiversity Loss Due to Global Agriculture, Pasture and Forest Land Use from a Producer and Consumer Perspective

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3928-3936

  Chaudhary, Abhishek ^a   Pfister, Stephan ^a   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE; OILS AND FATS; PALM OIL; TIMBER;

BIODIVERSITY LOSS; FOREST LAND; GRID LEVELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPICAL COUNTRIES;

FORESTRY;

PALM OIL;

AGRICULTURE; AMPHIBIAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE; MAMMAL; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTURE; REPTILE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CACAO; CHINA; COFFEE; CONGO; CONSUMER; CROP; FOOD INTAKE; FOREST; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LAND USE; MADAGASCAR; PASTURE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TROPICS; ANIMAL; BIRD; FOOD; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

BRAZIL; CHINA; CONGO; INDONESIA; MADAGASCAR;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84964240522     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b06153     Document Type: Article

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