Forest cover change patterns in Myanmar (Burma) 1990-2000

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 356-364

  Leimgruber, Peter ^a   Kelly, Daniel S ^a   Steininger, Marc K ^b   Brunner, Jake ^b   Müller, Thomas ^a   Songer, Melissa ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Change detection; Deforestation rates; Forest; Forest dynamics; Landsat

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

CHANGE DETECTION; DEFORESTATION RATES; LANDSAT;

FORESTRY;

CHARCOAL;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DELTA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST COVER; LANDSAT; MANGROVE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST; FORESTRY; IMAGERY; LOGGING; MANGROVE; MYANMAR; PLANTATION; WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; LOGGING;

ASIA; AYEYARWADY; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33646873042     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892905002493     Document Type: Article

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