An analysis of forest land use, forest land cover and change at policy-relevant scales

Forestry

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 267-276

  Coulston, John W ^a   Reams, Gregory A ^a   Wear, David N ^b   Brewer, C Kenneth ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; FORESTRY POLICY; LAND USE; POLICY MAKING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900338806     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpt056     Document Type: Article

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