Net carbon fluxes from forest clearance and regrowth in the Amazon

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Steininger, Marc K ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bolivia; Brazil; Land use; Landsat satellite; Regrowth; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; REGROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; SECONDARY FOREST;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4444308890     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-6007     Document Type: Article

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