Simulating land-use decisions in the La Amistad Biosphere Reserve buffer zone in Costa Rica and Panama

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 9-29

  Duffy, Sheila Bliss ^a   Corson, Michael S ^a   Grant, W E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Integrated regional model; La Amistad Biosphere Reserve; Land use decisions; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348050657     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00266-6     Document Type: Article

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