Cropland expansion changes deforestation dynamics in the southern Brazilian Amazon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 39, 2006, Pages 14637-14641

  Morton, Douglas C ^a   DeFries, Ruth S ^a   Shimabukuro, Yosio E ^b   Anderson, Liana O ^b,c   Arai, Egidio ^b   Del Bon Espirito Santo, Fernando ^d   Freitas, Ramon ^b   Morisette, Jeff ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon; Land use change; Soybean

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATTLE FARMING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPLAND; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; LAND USE; PHENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BOS TAURUS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33749244786     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0606377103     Document Type: Article

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