Forest loss in protected areas and intact forest landscapes: A global analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Heino, Matias ^a   Kummu, Matti ^a   Makkonen, Marika ^b   Mulligan, Mark ^c   Verburg, Peter H ^d   Jalava, Mika ^a   Räsänen, Timo A ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; FOREST; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; LANDSCAPE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REMOTE SENSING; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; AGRICULTURE; ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; AMERICAS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUROPE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 84949024388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138918     Document Type: Article

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