Scale dependence of biophysical structure in deforested areas bordering the Tapajós National Forest, Central Amazon

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 507-520

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Bustamante, Mercedes M C ^b   Townsend, Alan R ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Deforestation; Land cover change; Land use change; Landsat; Spectral mixture analysis; Tapaj s River; Texture analysis; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS;

REMOTE SENSING;

BIOPHYSICS; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0442314406     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.03.001     Document Type: Article

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