Mitchard, Edward T.ASaatchi, Sassan SGerard, F FLewis , S. L.Meir, Patrick2015-12-131087-3562http://hdl.handle.net/1885/80390Changes in net area of tropical forest are the sum of several processes: deforestation, regeneration of previously deforested areas, and the changing spatial location of the forest-savanna boundary. The authors conducted a long-term (1986-2006) quantification of vegetation change in a 5400 km 2.Keywords: Central Africa; Change detection; Ecotone; Spatial location; Tropical forest; Vegetation change; Woody encroachments; Deforestation; Reforestation Change detection; Ecotone; Woody encroachment200910.1175/2009EI278.12016-02-24