Globalization and land-use transitions in Latin America

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Grau, H Ricardo ^a,b   Aide, Mitchell ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Deforestation; Ecological transition; Forest transition; Globalization; Land use change; Latin America

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 50149092645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02559-130216     Document Type: Editorial

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