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Evidence of Incipient Forest Transition in Southern Mexico

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  • Raúl Abel Vaca
  • Duncan John Golicher
  • Luis Cayuela
  • Jenny Hewson
  • Marc Steininger

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Case studies of land use change have suggested that deforestation across Southern Mexico is accelerating. However, forest transition theory predicts that trajectories of change can be modified by economic factors, leading to spatial and temporal heterogeneity in rates of change that may take the form of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). This study aimed to assess the evidence regarding potential forest transition in Southern Mexico by classifying regional forest cover change using Landsat imagery from 1990 through to 2006. Patterns of forest cover change were found to be complex and non-linear. When rates of forest loss were averaged over 342 municipalities using mixed-effects modelling the results showed a significant (p

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  • Raúl Abel Vaca & Duncan John Golicher & Luis Cayuela & Jenny Hewson & Marc Steininger, 2012. "Evidence of Incipient Forest Transition in Southern Mexico," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(8), pages 1-15, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0042309
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042309
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