The relationships of population and forest trends

Geographical Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-13

  Mather, A S ^a   Needle, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest trends; Global environmental change; Population trends

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 0034003938     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2000.tb00002.x     Document Type: Article

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