Four decades of forest persistence, clearance and logging on Borneo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Gaveau, David L A ^a   Sloan, Sean ^b   Molidena, Elis ^a   Yaen, Husna ^a   Sheil, Doug ^a,c   Abram, Nicola K ^d,e   Ancrenaz, Marc ^e,f,g,h   Nasi, Robert ^a   Quinones, Marcela ⁱ   Wielaard, Niels ⁱ   Meijaard, Erik ^a,e,j  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e Jalan Raya Petitenget 1000X   (Indonesia)

^f SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

^g Hutan Kinabatangan Orang utan Conservation Program   (Malaysia)

^h CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SarVision   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORNEO; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; LAND USE; LOGGING; PLANTATION; TREE; TREND STUDY; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOOD;

BORNEO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 84904350624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101654     Document Type: Article

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