Forest cover changes in the northern carpathians in the 20th century: A slow transition

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-146

  Kozak, Jacek ^a,b   Estreguil, Christine ^b   Troll, Mateusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Change detection; Forest transition; Land use land cover change; Population trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 45049084232     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17474230701218244     Document Type: Article

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