Patterns and trends of forest loss in the Colombian Guyana

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-132

  Rodríguez, Nelly ^a,b   Armenteras, Dolors ^a   Molowny Horas, Roberto ^b   Retana, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deforestation patterns; Regional variability; Spatial configuration; Temporal change; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FOREST COVER; FOREST EDGE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; PROBABILITY; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

COLOMBIA; GUYANA;

EID: 84855746902     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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