The potential for land sparing to offset greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 488-492

  Lamb, Anthony ^a   Green, Rhys ^a,b   Bateman, Ian ^c   Broadmeadow, Mark ^d   Bruce, Toby ^e   Burney, Jennifer ^f   Carey, Pete ^a   Chadwick, David ^g   Crane, Ellie ^b   Field, Rob ^b   Goulding, Keith ^e   Griffiths, Howard ^a   Hastings, Astley ^h   Kasoar, Tim ^a   Kindred, Daniel ⁱ   Phalan, Ben ^a   Pickett, John ^e   Smith, Pete ^h   Wall, Eileen ^j   Ermgassen, Erasmus K H J Zu ^a   Balmford, Andrew ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^j SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; YIELD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84964977687     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2910     Document Type: Article

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