Impacts of simulated shifting cultivation on deforestation and the carbon stocks of the forests of central Africa

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 203-209

  Zhang, Quanfa ^a   Justice, Christopher O ^a   Desanker, Paul V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural expansion; Central Africa; Deforestation modeling; Global change; Population growth

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; DEFORESTATION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036086850     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00332-2     Document Type: Article

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