Agricultural conversion without external water and nutrient inputs reduces terrestrial vegetation productivity
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Agricultural Conversion Without External Water and Nutrient Inputs Reduces Terrestrial Vegetation Productivity
Driven by global population and standard of living increases, humanity co-opts a growing share of the planet’s natural resources resulting in many well-known environmental trade-offs. In this study, we explored the impact of agriculture on a resource fundamental to life on Earth: terrestrial vegetation growth (net primary production; NPP). We demonstrate that agricultural conversion has reduced...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1002/2013gl058857