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  1. Geography, University of California, 93106, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    David Carr

  2. Research Associate, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, USA

    Alisson Barbieri

  3. Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 21205, Baltimore, MD, USA

    William Pan

  4. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

    Heide Iranavi

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Carr, D., Barbieri, A., Pan, W., Iranavi, H. (2006). Agricultural change and limits to deforestation in Central America. In: Brouwer, F., McCarl, B.A. (eds) Agriculture and climate beyond 2015. Environment & policy, vol 46. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4368-6_6

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