Mapping recent deforestation and forest disturbance in northeastern Madagascar

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Allnutt, Thomas F ^a,b   Asner, Gregory P ^c   Golden, Christopher D ^d   Powell, George V N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Madagascar)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

CLASlite; Deforestation; Forest disturbance; Illegal logging; Madagascar; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875190442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291300600101     Document Type: Article

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