The national determinants of deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1625, 2013, Pages

  Rudel, Thomas K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Dry forests; Dutch disease; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOME; DEFORESTATION; DOMINANCE; DRY FOREST; FOREST COVER; RURAL AREA; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONGO BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREE; TRENDS; TROPIC CLIMATE; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84895853670     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0405     Document Type: Article

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