An assessment of the global impact of 21st century land use change on soil erosion

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Borrelli, Pasquale ^a,b   Robinson, David A ^c   Fleischer, Larissa R ^d   Lugato, Emanuele ^b   Ballabio, Cristiano ^b   Alewell, Christine ^a   Meusburger, Katrin ^a   Modugno, Sirio ^e   Schütt, Brigitta ^f   Ferro, Vito ^g   Bagarello, Vincenzo ^g   Oost, Kristof Van ^h   Montanarella, Luca ^b   Panagos, Panos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d Independent Researcher   (Germany)

^e World Food Programme   (Italy)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CENSUS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GIS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CROPLAND; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL EROSION; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 85035070046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02142-7     Document Type: Article

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