Examining complexities of forest cover change during armed conflict on Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2597-2613

  Stevens, Kara ^a   Campbell, Lindsay ^a   Urquhart, Gerald ^a   Kramer, Dan ^a   Qi, Jiaguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Deforestation; Land cover change; Nicaragua; War

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CIVIL WAR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; HURRICANE; LAND COVER; MILITARY INTERVENTION; REFORESTATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; VIOLENCE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NICARAGUA]; NICARAGUA;

EID: 80054021896     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0093-1     Document Type: Article

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