Impacts of soil quality differences on deforestation, use of cleared land, and farm income

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-370

  Witcover, Julie ^a   Vosti, Stephen A ^a   Carpenter, Chantal Line ^b   De Araújo Gomes, Tâmara Cláudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Economic Cooperation   (Canada)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

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EID: 33646748056     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X0600283X     Document Type: Article

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