The fragmentation of space in the Amazon basin: Emergent road networks

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 699-709

  Arima, Eugenio Y ^a   Walker, Robert T ^b   Sales, Marcio ^c   Souza Jr , Carlos ^c   Perz, Stephen G ^d  

^a HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Instituto Do Homem e Ambiente da Amazônia   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; ROADS AND STREETS;

BRANCHING POINTS; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; DENDRITIC PATTERNS; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; FRAGMENTATION PROCESS; FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES; GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD;

TRANSPORTATION;

DECISION MAKING; FRAGMENTATION; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; GRAVEL; LOGGING (TIMBER); PRIVATE SECTOR; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; TERRA DO MEIO;

EID: 44849092793     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.74.6.699     Document Type: Article

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