Identifying deforestation attractors and patterns of fragmentation for seasonally dry tropical forest in central Veracruz, Mexico

Land Use Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 274-283

  López Barrera, Fabiola ^a   Manson, Robert H ^a   Landgrave, Rosario ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Forest loss; Forest regeneration; Forest transformation; Historical trends; Land cover change

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NATURE CONSERVATION; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST; FORESTRY; FRAGMENTATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

BOS;

EID: 84903893833     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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