Selective logging and its relation to deforestation

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 186, Issue , 2009, Pages 25-41

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Keller, Michael ^b,c   Lentini, Marco ^d   Merry, Frank ^e   Souza Jr , Carlos ^f  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

^d IFT Instituto Floresta Tropical   (Brazil)

^e WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f Institute do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazonia MAZON   (Brazil)

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EID: 84862017882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000723     Document Type: Article

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