Deforestation and precipitation patterns in the arid Chaco forests of central Argentina

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 260-271

  Hoyos, L E ^a   Cingolani, A M ^a   Zak, M R ^a   Vaieretti, M V ^a   Gorla, D E ^b   Cabido, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cover types; Dry Chaco forest; Landsat; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874741657     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01218.x     Document Type: Article

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