Changing drivers of deforestation and new opportunities for conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1396-1405

  Rudel, Thomas K ^a   Defries, Ruth ^b   Asner, Gregory P ^c   Laurance, William F ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Conservation; Population trends; Tropical deforestation; Tropical rainforests

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; RAINFOREST; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TROPICAL FOREST; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; LEGAL ASPECT; META ANALYSIS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GEOGRAPHY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ASIA; BRAZIL; EURASIA; INDONESIA; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 70450235200     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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