Upscaling tropical deforestation: Implications for climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 311-329

  O'Brien, Karen L ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033975242     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005531521525     Document Type: Article

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