Agriculture production as a major driver of the earth system exceeding planetary boundaries

Ecology and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Campbell, Bruce M ^a   Beare, Douglas J ^a   Bennett, Elena M ^b   Hall Spencer, Jason M ^c,d   Ingram, John S I ^e   Jaramillo, Fernando ^f   Ortiz, Rodomiro ^g   Ramankutty, Navin ^h   Sayer, Jeffrey A ⁱ   Shindell, Drew ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aerosol loading; Biogeochemical flows; Biosphere integrity; Chemical pollution; Climate change; Diversity; Freshwater; Land system change; Nitrogen; Ocean acidification; Ozone depletion; Phosphorous

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOSPHERE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 85032676098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-09595-220408     Document Type: Article

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