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DOI | 10.1007/s10661-006-2015-3 |
A gis-based assessment on the vulnerability and future extent of the tropical forests of the Congo Basin | |
Zhang, QF; Justice, CO; Jiang, MX; Brunner, J; Wilkie, DS | |
发表日期 | 2006 |
ISSN | 0090-0036 |
卷号 | 114期号:1-3页码:107-121 |
英文摘要 | This paper examines the vulnerability of the Congo Basin's forests through a GIS platform, taking into consideration the variables of population growth, road density, logging concession, and forest fragmentation. The assessment indicates that the forests will continue to shrink towards the interior over the next 50 years. Current contiguous forests will fragment into three large blocks, including one on the west side of the Congo River and two in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while a large number of small forest patches will retain in the periphery of the large blocks. The study shows that integrated GIS assessment of the driving forces of tropical deforestation can shed light on the future forest distribution and provide a tool to address the broader implications of social and economic development for tropical deforestation. |
英文关键词 | GIS;assessment;forest vulnerability;deforestation;Congo Basin |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000236844500007 |
来源期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT |
来源机构 | 世界资源研究所 |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/56134 |
作者单位 | (1)Univ Virginia, Dept Environm Sci, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA;(2)Univ Maryland, Dept Geog, College Pk, MD 20742 USA;(3)Chinese Acad Sci, Wuhan Bot Garden, Ctr Ecosyst Studies, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China;(4)World Resources Inst, Washington, DC 20006 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, QF,Justice, CO,Jiang, MX,et al. A gis-based assessment on the vulnerability and future extent of the tropical forests of the Congo Basin[J]. 世界资源研究所,2006,114(1-3):107-121. |
APA | Zhang, QF,Justice, CO,Jiang, MX,Brunner, J,&Wilkie, DS.(2006).A gis-based assessment on the vulnerability and future extent of the tropical forests of the Congo Basin.ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT,114(1-3),107-121. |
MLA | Zhang, QF,et al."A gis-based assessment on the vulnerability and future extent of the tropical forests of the Congo Basin".ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 114.1-3(2006):107-121. |
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