Trade-offs in land-use decisions: Towards a framework for assessing multiple ecosystem responses to land-use change

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 153, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-9

  DeFries, Ruth S ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^b   Houghton, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85042186166     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/153GM02     Document Type: Chapter

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