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Deforestation

Deforestation is the permanent removal of forest cover for non-forest land uses, distinguished from temporary or cyclical forest disturbances by its irreversible conversion of forested ecosystems.

18.4K

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High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

Matthew C. Hansen, Peter Potapov, Rebecca Moore et al. · Science · 2013 · 11.6K citations

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Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools

Karen C. Seto, Burak Güneralp, Lucy R. Hutyra · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 4.8K citations · Full text

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The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: How much is left, and how is the remaining forest distributed? Implications for conservation

Milton Cézar Ribeiro, Jean Paul Metzger, Alexandre Camargo Martensen et al. · Biological Conservation · 2009 · 4.2K citations · Full text

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Carbon Pools and Flux of Global Forest Ecosystems

Robert K. Dixon, A. M. Solomon, Sandra Brown et al. · Science · 1994 · 3.4K citations

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Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics

Daniel C. Donato, J. Boone Kauffman, Daniel Murdiyarso et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2011 · 3.3K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RA
    R. A. Houghton

    Woodwell Climate Research Center, United States

    71 publications · 24.1K citations

    57

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  2. PM
    Philip M. Fearnside

    Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil

    104 publications · 9.2K citations

    51

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  3. WF
    William F. Laurance

    James Cook University, Australia

    62 publications · 10.7K citations

    46

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  4. MC
    Matthew C. Hansen

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    58 publications · 31.3K citations

    45

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  5. GP
    Gregory P. Asner

    Carnegie Institution for Science, United States

    61 publications · 10.5K citations

    45

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Institutions

6.4K

  1. Woodwell Climate Research Center

    Falmouth, United States

    106 h-index

    423 publications

    139.2K citations

  2. Center for International Forestry Research

    Bogor, Indonesia

    96 h-index

    658 publications

    86.2K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    96 h-index

    696 publications

    81.1K citations

  4. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    96 h-index

    720 publications

    86.9K citations

  5. US Forest Service

    Washington, United States

    95 h-index

    618 publications

    68.8K citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    94 h-index

    1.4K publications

    110.3K citations

  7. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    91 h-index

    522 publications

    201.4K citations

  8. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    88 h-index

    493 publications

    62.5K citations

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  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    1.1K publications · 90.7K citations

    141

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 158 publications · 60.1K citations

    112

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  3. Global Change Biology

    208 publications · 38.2K citations

    98

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  4. Science

    150 publications · 66.9K citations

    88

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  5. Biological Conservation

    215 publications · 24.5K citations

    79

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