The human drivers of global land cover change: the case of forests

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 13-14, 1998, Pages 1983-1994

  Mather, A S ^a   Needle, C L ^a   Fairbairn, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effect; Deforestation; Global change; Land cover; Man environment relations; Population growth

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

DEFORESTATION;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 0032194707     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(19981030)12:13/14<1983::aid-hyp713>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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