The impact of shifting cultivation on a rainforest landscape in West Kalimantan: Spatial and temporal dynamics

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 135-148

  Lawrence, Deborah ^a,b   Peart, David R ^c   Leighton, Mark ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Indonesia; Land use change; Rainforest landscape; Shifting cultivation; West Kalimantan

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RAINFOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

INDONESIA, KALIMANTAN, GUNUNG PALUNG NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0031877121     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007985915187     Document Type: Article

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