Roadside measurements of deforestation in the Amazon area of Bolivia

Environmental Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 774-783

  Locklin, Claudia Cordona ^a   Haack, Barry ^b  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bolivia; Change detection; Deforestation; Landsat; Remote sensing; Settlements

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; PARKS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADSIDES;

ESCALATING DEFORESTATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

RIVER WATER;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REMOTE SENSING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; THEMATIC MAPPING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING;

BOLIVIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0042190321     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2867-4     Document Type: Article

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