Using Landsat imagery to map forest change in southwest China in response to the national logging ban and ecotourism development
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a Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, United States b Geography Department, Humboldt-University Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany c Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), PO Box 60 12 03, Telegraphenberg A62, D-14412 Potsdam, Germany d Biodiversity Impact Assessment, Research Institute of Insect Resources, Chinese Academy of Forestry Science. Bailongsi, Panlong District, Kunming, Yunnan (650224), PR China e Ecology, Conservation, and Environment Center, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences. Jiaochang Donglu, Kunming, Yunnan (650223), PR China
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تاریخ انتشار 2012