Clearance and fragmentation of tropical deciduous forest in the Tierras Bajas, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 856-866

  Steininger, M K ^a,f   Tucker, C J ^a   Ersts, P ^b   Killeen, T J ^c   Villegas, Z ^d   Hecht, S B ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Centre for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST CLEARANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0034906368     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.015004856.x     Document Type: Article

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