Uniform global deforestation patterns - An empirical analysis

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-37

  Köthke, Margret ^a   Leischner, Bettina ^a   Elsasser, Peter ^a  

^a Institute of Forest Based Sector Economics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baseline; Cross section analysis; Deforestation; Forest transition; REDD+; Regression model

Indexed keywords

BASELINE; CROSS-SECTION ANALYSIS; FOREST TRANSITION; REDD; REGRESSION MODEL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DEFORESTATION;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875242135     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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