Environmental predictors of pre-European deforestation on Pacific islands

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7007, 2004, Pages 443-446

  Rolett, Barry ^a   Diamond, Jared ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLCANOES;

COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTORS; ISLAND; VOLCANIC ASH;

DEFORESTATION;

RAIN;

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; ISLAND;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; DUST; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; LATITUDE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE; VOLCANIC ASH; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; VOLCANO;

DEFORESTATION; DUST; FORESTRY; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; EASTER ISLAND; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; YAP;

FRAXINUS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SOIL; TREES; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 4644327660     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02801     Document Type: Article

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