Assessment of forest fragmentation in the REDD+ priority zones using two land use/land cover (LULC) sources in the tropical Andean landscape of Ecuador

Juan Paredes, Jin Kyoung Noh, Nikolay Aguirre, Yeo-Chang Youn, Pablo Cuenca

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0342476
Published: 2026-02-11
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0342476,
  title = {Assessment of forest fragmentation in the REDD+ priority zones using two land use/land cover (LULC) sources in the tropical Andean landscape of Ecuador},
  author = {Juan Paredes and Jin Kyoung Noh and Nikolay Aguirre and Yeo-Chang Youn and Pablo Cuenca},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS One},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0342476},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342476}
}

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TI  - Assessment of forest fragmentation in the REDD+ priority zones using two land use/land cover (LULC) sources in the tropical Andean landscape of Ecuador
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AU  - Yeo-Chang Youn
AU  - Pablo Cuenca
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DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0342476
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Paredes, J., Noh, J. K., Aguirre, N., Youn, Y., & Cuenca, P. (2026). Assessment of forest fragmentation in the REDD+ priority zones using two land use/land cover (LULC) sources in the tropical Andean landscape of Ecuador. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342476

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