Forest transitions: Towards a global understanding of land use change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-31

  Rudel, Thomas K ^a   Coomes, Oliver T ^b   Moran, Emilio ^c   Achard, Frederic ^d   Angelsen, Arild ^e   Xu, Jianchu ^f   Lambin, Eric ^g  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest cover change; Forest transition; Land use

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; REFORESTATION;

EID: 14644398591     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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