Causes of deforestation: The Maine case

Human Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 909-922

  Acheson, James M ^a   McCloskey, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation incentives; Deforestation; Forest landowners; Maine; Satellite change detection

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DETECTION METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; SATELLITE DATA;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 58149191283     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-008-9204-3     Document Type: Article

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