The impacts of oil palm on recent deforestation and biodiversity loss

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Vijay, Varsha ^a   Pimm, Stuart L ^a   Jenkins, Clinton N ^b   Smith, Sharon J ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas   (Brazil)

^c UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALM OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROP PRODUCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORESTS; PLANT OILS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 85002846139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159668     Document Type: Article

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