Carrying capacity of U.S. agricultural land: Ten diet scenarios

Elementa

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Peters, Christian J ^a   Picardy, Jamie ^b   Darrouzet Nardi, Amelia F ^c   Wilkins, Jennifer L ^d   Griffin, Timothy S ^a   Fick, Gary W ^e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mount Ida College   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARRYING CAPACITY; DIET; FOOD SECURITY; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OMNIVORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84986320298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000116     Document Type: Article

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