A synthesis of information on rapid land-cover change for the period 1981-2000

BioScience

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-124

  Lepers, Erika ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^a   Janetos, Anthony C ^b   DeFries, Ruth ^c   Achard, Frederic ^d   Ramankutty, Navin ^e   Scholes, Robert J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b H John Heinz III Center for Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cropland; Deforestation; Desertification; Land use; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 13544252605     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0115:ASOIOR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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