Deforestation and degradation in Papua New Guinea: A response to Filer and colleagues, 2009

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Shearman, Philip L ^a,b   Bryan, Jane ^a,b   Ash, Julian ^c   MacKey, Brendan ^d   Lokes, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77952377700     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2010001     Document Type: Letter

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