Land-cover change in the Paraguayan Chaco: 2000–2011

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-18

  Caldas, Marcellus M ^a   Goodin, Douglas ^a   Sherwood, Steven ^a   Campos Krauer, Juan M ^b   Wisely, Samantha M ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centro Chaqueño para la Conservación e Investigación   (Paraguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

deforestation; land use policy; land cover change; land use change; proximate factors; underlying causes

Indexed keywords

BOS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84918500334     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2013.807314     Document Type: Article

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