Evolution of the forest cover in Armenia

International Forestry Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-127

  Moreno Sanchez, R ^a   Sayadyan, H Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARMENIAN NATIONAL AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Armenia; Deforestation; Forest cover; Forest inventories; GIS

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEFORESTATION; EVOLUTION; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD;

ARMENIA; ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 33745897727     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.2005.7.2.113     Document Type: Review

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