Land-use change in the Neotropics : regional-scale predictors of deforestation and local effects on carbon storage and tree-species diversity
Land-use change, and in particular tropical deforestation, is the leading cause of species extinctions globally, and is the second most important source of CO2 emissions after fossil fuel combustion. I examine two policy-relevant questions that relate to tropical deforestation and land use change...
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McGill University
2004
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=82264 |