Thirty years of human demography and land-use change in the Atlantic Forest of Misiones, Argentina: An evaluation of the forest transition model

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Izqulerdo, Andrea E ^a,b   De Angelo, Carlos D ^a,b,c   Aide, T Mitchell ^d  

^a Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Forest plantations; Forest transition; Rural urban migration

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY MODELING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBANIZATION;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC FOREST; LATIN AMERICA; MISIONES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 58749092700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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