Probing tropical deforestation: the use of GIS and statistical analysis of georeferenced data

Applied Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-152

  Apan, Armando A ^a,b   Peterson, James A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; GIS; LANDSAT TM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

PHILIPPINES, MINDORO;

EID: 0032047317     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(98)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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