Protein futures for Western Europe: potential land use and climate impacts in 2050

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 367-377

  Röös, Elin ^a   Bajželj, Bojana ^b   Smith, Pete ^c   Patel, Mikaela ^d   Little, David ^e   Garnett, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Dietary change; Food; Land use; Mitigation; Protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978123737     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-016-1013-4     Document Type: Article

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