Deforestation and ownership: Evidence from historical accounts and contemporary data

Land Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-359

  Deacon, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND TENURE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0032787151     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3147182     Document Type: Article

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