Drivers of deforestation in the basin of the Usumacinta River: Inference on process from pattern analysis using generalised additive models.

Quantifying patterns of deforestation and linking these patterns to potentially influencing variables is a key component of modelling and projecting land use change. Statistical methods based on null hypothesis testing are only partially successful for interpreting deforestation in the context of th...

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Main Authors: Raúl Abel Vaca, Duncan John Golicher, Rocío Rodiles-Hernández, Miguel Ángel Castillo-Santiago, Marylin Bejarano, Darío Alejandro Navarrete-Gutiérrez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222908