Deforestation and forest degradation in Papua New Guinea

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 813-813

  Filer, Colin ^a   Keenan, Rodney J ^b   Allen, Bryant J ^a   McAlpine, John R ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Forest dynamics; Rainforest; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; RAINFOREST; REGROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 71049121857     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009067     Document Type: Article

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