Biocomplexity of deforestation in the Caparo tropical forest reserve in Venezuela: An integrated multi-agent and cellular automata model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 664-673

  Moreno, Niandry ^a   Quintero, Raquel ^a   Ablan, Magdiel ^a   Barros, Rodrigo ^b   Dávila, Jacinto ^a   Ramírez, Hirma ^a,b   Tonella, Giorgio ^a,d   Acevedo, Miguel F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Deforestation; Multi agents; Simulation; Tropical forests; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY;

AUTOMATA SIMULATION; BIOCOMPLEXITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS; TROPICAL FORESTS;

DEFORESTATION;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; COMPLEXITY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

DEFORESTATION; FARM CROPS; LAND USE;

BARINAS [VENEZUELA]; CAPARO FOREST RESERVE; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

GALATEA;

EID: 33845699091     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.12.022     Document Type: Article

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