Pan-tropical hinterland forests: Mapping minimally disturbed forests

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 151-163

  Tyukavina, A ^a   Hansen, M C ^a   Potapov, P V ^a   Krylov, A M ^a   Goetz, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated mapping; Forest degradation; Forest loss maps; Hinterland forests; Intact forests; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST COVER; LANDSAT; MAPPING; PATCH DYNAMICS; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84953370362     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12394     Document Type: Article

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