Forest cover changes under selective logging in the kabaung reserved forest, bago mountains, Myanmar

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-338

  Win, Rosy Ne ^a   Reiji, Suzuki ^a   Shinya, Takeda ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dam construction; Landsat images; Logging record; Myanmar; NDVI; Selective logging; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST COVER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; NDVI; PLANTATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BAGO; KABAUNG RESERVED FOREST; MYANMAR;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 72849134837     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.00009     Document Type: Article

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