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Afforestation

Afforestation is the deliberate establishment of forest cover on land that has not been forested for a significant period, distinguishing it from reforestation by converting non-forest land to forest use through planting, seeding, or natural regeneration.

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8.6K

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2017–2026

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Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

Brendan Choat, Steven Jansen, Timothy J. Brodribb et al. · Nature · 2012 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Dynamics of global forest area: Results from the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015

Rodney J. Keenan, Gregory A. Reams, Frédéric Achard et al. · Forest Ecology and Management · 2015 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Changes in Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in China Between 1949 and 1998

Jingyun Fang, Anping Chen, Changhui Peng et al. · Science · 2001 · 1.6K citations

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Impact of tropical land-use change on soil organic carbon stocks - a meta-analysis

Axel Don, Jens Schumacher, Annette Freibauer · Global Change Biology · 2010 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Deforestation driven by urban population growth and agricultural trade in the twenty-first century

Ruth DeFries, Thomas K. Rudel, María Uriarte et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2010 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

8.6K

  1. JA
    John A. Stanturf

    Southern Research Station, United States

    16 publications · 1.5K citations

    14

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  2. SP
    Shilong Piao

    Peking University, China

    12 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. FB
    Francisco B. Navarro

    Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training, Spain

    12 publications · 416 citations

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  4. WA
    Werner A. Kurz

    Canadian Forest Service, Canada

    11 publications · 424 citations

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  5. MJ
    M.N. Jiménez

    Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training, Spain

    11 publications · 393 citations

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Institutions

2.2K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    57 h-index

    546 publications

    34.9K citations

  2. Northwest A&F University

    Yangling, China

    35 h-index

    212 publications

    16.9K citations

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    32 h-index

    147 publications

    7.5K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    28 h-index

    64 publications

    7.5K citations

  5. US Forest Service

    Washington, United States

    28 h-index

    62 publications

    7.2K citations

  6. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation

    Yangling, China

    28 h-index

    138 publications

    10.6K citations

  7. Beijing Forestry University

    Beijing, China

    27 h-index

    140 publications

    8.2K citations

  8. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    26 h-index

    69 publications

    6.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    148 publications · 15.6K citations

    58

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  2. Global Change Biology

    43 publications · 10.4K citations

    38

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  3. Land Use Policy

    55 publications · 3.2K citations

    35

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  4. Forests

    74 publications · 2.7K citations

    30

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  5. Forest Policy and Economics

    FPE · 43 publications · 2.2K citations

    29

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