Soy, cotton, and the final Atlantic Forest frontier

Professional Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-363

  Richards, Peter D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Atlantic forest; Land cover change; Paraguay

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COTTON; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; SMALLHOLDER;

PARAGUAY;

GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 79958698820     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.566516     Document Type: Article

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