Agricultural land-use change in Brazilian Amazônia between 1980 and 1995: Evidence from integrated satellite and census data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 551-562

  Cardille, Jeffrey A ^a   Foley, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amazon; Brazil; Census; Crop; Deforestation; Land cover; Land use; Pasture; Tocantins

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CROPS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; SATELLITES;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CENSUS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAESALPINIA CILIATA; RONDONIA;

EID: 0442314407     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2002.09.001     Document Type: Article

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