Tropical deforestation and climate change: What does the record reveal?

Professional Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 140-153

  O’Brien, Karen L ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mexico; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009022310     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00110     Document Type: Article

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