Tropical forest gain and interactions amongst agents of forest change

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Sloan, Sean ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community forest management; Deforestation; Forest regeneration; Forest transition; Plantation; Reforestation; Smallholder; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; RESTORATION; SURVEYS; TROPICS;

FOREST REGENERATION; FOREST TRANSITION; PLANTATION; SMALLHOLDER; TROPICAL FOREST;

REFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SMALLHOLDER; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84963940249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7030055     Document Type: Article

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