State and evolution of the African rainforests between 1990 and 2010

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1625, 2013, Pages

  Mayaux, Philippe ^a   Pekel, Jean François ^a   Desclée, Baudouin ^a   Donnay, François ^a   Lupi, Andrea ^a   Achard, Frédéric ^a   Clerici, Marco ^a   Bodart, Catherine ^a,b,c   Brink, Andreas ^a   Nasi, Robert ^d   Belward, Alan ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

African rainforests; Deforestation; Earth observation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST HEALTH; LANDSAT; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CENTRAL AFRICA; MADAGASCAR; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84880623668     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0300     Document Type: Article

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