Measuring woody encroachment along a forest-savanna boundary in Central Africa

E. T.A. Mitchard; S. S. Saatchi; F. F. Gerard; S. L. Lewis; P. Meir

doi:10.1175/2009EI278.1

Measuring woody encroachment along a forest-savanna boundary in Central Africa

E. T.A. Mitchard, S. S. Saatchi, F. F. Gerard, S. L. Lewis, P. Meir

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Abstract

Changes in net area of tropical forest are the sum of several processes: deforestation, regeneration of previously deforested areas, and the changing spatial location of the forest-savanna boundary. The authors conducted a long-term (1986-2006) quantification of vegetation change in a 5400 km ².

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-29
Number of pages	29
Journal	Earth Interactions
Volume	13
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/2009EI278.1
Publication status	Published - 2009
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Measuring woody encroachment along a forest-savanna boundary in Central Africa

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