Patterns of land cover change in and around Madidi National Park, Bolivia

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-294

  Forrest, Jessica L ^a,b   Sanderson, Eric W ^b   Wallace, Robert ^c   Lazzo, Teddy Marcelo Siles ^c   Cerveró, Luis Humberto Gómez ^c,d   Coppolillo, Peter ^b,e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Bolivia)

^d Fundacion Amigos de la Naturaleza   (Bolivia)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deforestation; Development; Forest; Land use; Protected area; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; DEFORESTATION; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; NATIONAL PARK; NATURAL RESOURCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THEMATIC MAPPING;

BOLIVIA; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA]; MADIDI NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 42649089080     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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