Forest fire prediction and prevention in the Brazilian Amazon

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 951-953

  Nepstad, Daniel ^a   Moreira, Adriana ^b   Veríssimo, Adalberto ^c   Lefebvre, Paul ^a   Schlesinger, Peter ^a   Potter, Christopher ^d   Nobre, Carlos ^e   Setzer, Alberto ^e   Krug, Thelma ^e   Barros, Ana Cristina ^f   Alencar, Ane ^f   Pereira, João Raposo ^g  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Inst de Pesq Ambiental da Amazonia   (United States)

^c Inst do Homem Meio Ambiente da A   (Brazil)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^g Inst Bras Meio Ambiente RNR   (Brazil)

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EID: 0031712862     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.00004.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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