National and regional determinants of tropical deforestation in Colombia

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1181-1193

  Armenteras, Dolors ^a   Cabrera, Edersson ^b   Rodríguez, Nelly ^a,c   Retana, Javier ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b Proyecto REDD   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colombia; Deforestation; Drivers; Heterogeneity; Regional; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 84891158926     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0433-7     Document Type: Article

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