Fragmentation and clearance of Liberia's forests during 1986-2000

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Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 539-543

  Christie, T ^a   Steininger, M K ^b   Juhn, D ^b   Peal, A ^a  

^a Conservation International ^*  (Liberia)

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

Author keywords

Clearance; Deforestation; Fragmentation; Land use change; Landsat; Liberia; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFRICA; LIBERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 36749045702     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307000609     Document Type: Article

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