Patterns of twenty-first century forest loss across a global network of important sites for biodiversity

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 37-44

  Tracewski, Łukasz ^a   Butchart, Stuart H M ^b   Donald, Paul F ^a   Evans, Michael ^b   Fishpool, Lincoln D C ^b   Buchanan, Graeme M ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deforestation; IBA; KBA; protected areas; remote sensing; site conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007240519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20563485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rse2.13     Document Type: Article

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