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Tropical teleconnections

Nature Geoscience volume 3, pages 154–155 (2010)Cite this article

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At the end of the twentieth century, tropical deforestation was associated with the growth of rural populations. An assessment of the factors involved in forest loss suggests that today's trees are more likely to be affected by economic pressures from farther afield.

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Figure 1: The aftermath of forest cutting in Borneo.

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  1. J. A. Cardille is in the Département de Géographie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada.,

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  2. E. M. Bennett is at the McGill School of Environment and Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada.,

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Cardille, J., Bennett, E. Tropical teleconnections. Nature Geosci 3, 154–155 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo810

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