Characterizing a tropical deforestation wave: A dynamic spatial analysis of a deforestation hotspot in the Colombian Amazon

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1409-1420

  Etter, Andres ^a,b   Mcalpine, Clive ^a   Phinn, Stuart ^a   Pullar, David ^a   Possingham, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amazon; Colombia; Deforestation; Forest cover zones; Local hotspots; Spatial pattern; Tropical forests; Unplanned colonization; Zoning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONAS [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745807254     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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