Accelerated deforestation in the humid tropics from the 1990s to the 2000s

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3495-3501

  Kim, Do Hyung ^a   Sexton, Joseph O ^a   Townshend, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

deforestation; forest cover change; land cover change; Landsat; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; TROPICS;

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS; FOREST COVER CHANGE; FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; HUMID TROPICAL FOREST; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LANDSAT; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

DEFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; HUMID TROPICS; LAND COVER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84930482440     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062777     Document Type: Review

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