A Synthesis of Information on Rapid Land-cover Change for the Period 1981–2000
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- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 55 (2) , 115-124
- https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0115:asoior]2.0.co;2
Abstract
This article presents a synthesis of what is known about areas of rapid land-cover change around the world over the past two decades, based on data cKeywords
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