The underpinnings of land-use history: Three centuries of global gridded land-use transitions, wood-harvest activity, and resulting secondary lands

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1208-1229

  Hurtt, George C ^a   Frolking, S ^a,b   Fearon, M G ^a   Moore, B ^a   Shevliakova, E ^c,d   Malyshev, S ^c,d   Pacala, S W ^c   Houghton, R A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Global change; Land use; Land use history; Logging; Secondary forest; Secondary forest age; Secondary land; Shifting cultivation; Wood harvest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

EID: 33744504220     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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