A Peri-Urban Neotropical Forest Transition and its Consequences for Environmental Services

A Peri-Urban Neotropical Forest Transition and its Consequences for Environmental Services

We analyzed changes in land cover in the Sierra de San Javier and its surroundings, an area of ca. 70 000 ha near San Miguel de Tucumán, an urban center of ca. 1 million people in subtropical Argentina. The analysis covered two periods: 1949-1972 and 1972-2006 using remote sensing techniques. For t...

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Main Authors: H Ricardo. Grau, María Eugenia. Hernández, Jorgelina Gutierrez, N. Ignacio. Gasparri, M. Cristina. Casavecchia, Emilio E. Flores-Ivaldi, Leonardo Paolini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2008-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
exotic species invasion
forest transition
GIS
land-use change
subtropical Argentina
urbanization
watershed conservation
yungas
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art35/

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