Deforestation driven by urban population growth and agricultural trade in the twenty-first century
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Ecosystem regulation of rainfall is reduced by forest and grassland degradation, causing soils and weathered rocks to be prone to rainfall infiltration, saturation, runoff, and erosion.
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- Authors
- DeFries, R. S., Rudel, T., Uriarte, M., & Hansen, M.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- South Dakota State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- DeFries, Ruth S.
- Venue
- Nature Geoscience
- Published
- 2010-02-07
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 178-181
- ISSN
- 1752-0894 (ISSN-L)
- 1752-0908
- OpenAlex
- W1994433187
- Cited by
- 1,413
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 64.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Geoscience (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Keywords
- tropical deforestation, urban population growth, agricultural trade, agricultural exports, climate change mitigation, CO2 emissions, humid tropics, rural population growth, urbanization, forest loss drivers, agricultural yields
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