Reconstructing land use drivers and their spatial scale dependence for Costa Rica (1973 and 1984)

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-43

  Veldkamp, A ^a   Fresco, L O ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031009995     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(95)00080-O     Document Type: Article

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