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| Humid tropical forest clearing from 2000 to 2005 quantified by using multitemporal and multiresolution remotely sensed data MC Hansen, SV Stehman, PV Potapov, TR Loveland, JRG Townshend, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (27), 9439-9444, 2008 | 870 | 2008 |
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