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Tropical Deforestation

Tropical Deforestation is a form of deforestation characterized by the permanent removal of forest cover in tropical regions, distinguished by its occurrence within the equatorial belt where high biodiversity, dense canopies, and specific climatic conditions define the structure and function of the affected ecosystems.

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2017–2026

425

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Publications

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The Struggle to Govern the Commons

Thomas Dietz, Paul C. Stern · Science · 2003 · 4.1K citations

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Proximate Causes and Underlying Driving Forces of Tropical Deforestation

Helmut Geist, Éric F. Lambin · BioScience · 2002 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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Dynamics of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in Tropical Regions

Éric F. Lambin, Helmut Geist, Erika Lepers · Annual Review of Environment and Resources · 2003 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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Determination of Deforestation Rates of the World's Humid Tropical Forests

Frédéric Achard, Hugh Eva, Hans‐Jürgen Stibig et al. · Science · 2002 · 2K citations

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Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforestation improved by carbon-density maps

Alessandro Baccini, S. J. Goetz, Wayne Walker et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2012 · 1.8K citations

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Authors

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  1. PM
    Philip M. Fearnside

    Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil

    34 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. FA
    Frédéric Achard

    Joint Research Centre, Italy

    19 publications · 4.1K citations

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  3. ÉF
    Éric F. Lambin

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    17 publications · 9.2K citations

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  4. RA
    R. A. Houghton

    Woodwell Climate Research Center, United States

    15 publications · 7.7K citations

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  5. LE
    Luiz E. O. C. Aragão

    Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil

    13 publications · 3.8K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

    São José dos Campos, Brazil

    35 h-index

    137 publications

    27.7K citations

  2. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

    Manaus, Brazil

    31 h-index

    77 publications

    8.1K citations

  3. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    29 h-index

    84 publications

    30.4K citations

  4. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    27 h-index

    48 publications

    6.4K citations

  5. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    27 h-index

    73 publications

    9.9K citations

  6. Woodwell Climate Research Center

    Falmouth, United States

    26 h-index

    75 publications

    36K citations

  7. Center for International Forestry Research

    Bogor, Indonesia

    24 h-index

    51 publications

    8.1K citations

  8. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    23 h-index

    64 publications

    12.3K citations

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  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    65 publications · 5.8K citations

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  2. Land Use Policy

    37 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. Environmental Research Letters

    ERL · 32 publications · 2.8K citations

    27

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  4. Science

    31 publications · 17.7K citations

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  5. Biological Conservation

    35 publications · 5.1K citations

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