Land Use Intensity-Specific Global Characterization Factors to Assess Product Biodiversity Footprints

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 5094-5104

  Chaudhary, Abhishek ^a   Brooks, Thomas M ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b IUCN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LIFE CYCLE;

CHARACTERIZATION FACTORS; ECOREGIONS; FOREST PLANTATION; INTENSITY LEVELS; LAND USE TYPE; MANAGED FOREST; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; RELATIONSHIP MODEL; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; UNCERTAINTY;

LAND USE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARAMETERIZATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT; INDIA; PASTURE; PLANTATION; UNCERTAINTY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; WOOD;

INDIA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; INDIA; WOOD;

EID: 85046397200     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05570     Document Type: Article

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