Vegetation change and land tenure in Mexico: A country-wide analysis

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 355-364

  Bonilla Moheno, Martha ^a   Redo, Daniel J ^a   Aide, T Mitchell ^a   Clark, Matthew L ^b   Grau, H Ricardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biome; Ejido; Land tenure; Land cover change; Land use

Indexed keywords

BIOME; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; PRIVATE LAND; VEGETATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84860371508     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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