Agriculture expansion and deforestation in seasonally dry forests of north-west Argentina

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 140-148

  Grau, H Ricardo ^a,b,d   Gasparri, N Ignacio ^a,c   Aide, T Mitchell ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Ministerio de Salud Y Medio Ambiente   (Argentina)

^d Lab Invest Ecologicas las Yungas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agriculture expansion; Chaco; Deforestation; Globalization; Soybean; Subtropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; COSTS; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARKETING;

AGRICULTURE EXPANSION; CHACO; SOYBEAN; SUBTROPICAL DRY FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; DEFORESTATION; DRY FOREST; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARKET; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOYBEAN; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; COSTS; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTRY; GLOBALIZATION; MARKETING;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GLYCINE MAX; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 25844488151     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892905002092     Document Type: Article

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