Discerning fragmentation dynamics of tropical forest and wetland during reforestation, Urban Sprawl, and policy shifts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Gao, Qiong ^a   Yu, Mei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PUERTO RICO; REFORESTATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WETLAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLICY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTS; PUERTO RICO; URBAN RENEWAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84913528466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113140     Document Type: Article

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