A vegetation map of tropical continental Asia at scale 1:5 million

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 623-634

  Blasco, F ^a   Bellan, M F ^a   Aizpuru, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deforestation; Forest formation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

VEGETATION MAP;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BURMA; CAMBODIA; INDIA; LAOS; SRI LANKA; THAILAND; VIETNAM;

EID: 0030301188     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236374     Document Type: Article

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