Forest transitions, trade, and the global displacement of land use

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 20917-20922

  Meyfroidt, Patrick ^a   Rudel, Thomas K ^b   Lambin, Eric F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Embodied land; Leakage; Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOREST; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFORESTATION;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; MARKETING; TREES;

EID: 78650475880     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014773107     Document Type: Article

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