Biophysical and socioeconomic factors associated with forest transitions at multiple spatial and temporal scales

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 23-

  Yackulic, Charles B ^a   Fagan, Matthew ^a   Jain, Meha ^a   Jina, Amir ^a   Lim, Yili ^a   Marlier, Miriam ^a   Muscarella, Robert ^a   Adame, Patricia ^b   DeFries, Ruth ^a   Uriarte, Maria ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural abandonment; Deforestation; Forest transition; Puerto Rico; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOPHYSICS; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; INCOME; LAND COVER; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; REFORESTATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SLOPE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL QUALITY; SUBURBANIZATION;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 80053537467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04275-160315     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales. 1998. Fases y técnicas utilizadas en el inventario científico de los recursos naturales.
2. Fagan, M. E. and R. S. DeFries. 2009. Measurement and Monitoring of the World's Forests: A Review and Summary of Technical Capability, 2009-2015. The World's Forests: Design and Implementation of Effective Measurement and Monitoring. Washington, D.C., Resources for the Future. 70 pp.