Forest fragmentation and edge effects from deforestation and selective logging in the Brazilian Amazon

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1745-1757

  Broadbent, Eben N ^a,b   Asner, Gregory P ^a   Keller, Michael ^c   Knapp, David E ^a   Oliveira, Paulo J C ^a   Silva, Jose N ^d  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forest core; Forest texture; Landscape ecology; Rainforest; Remote sensing; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; EDGE EFFECT; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOGGING (TIMBER); RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 46749153333     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.024     Document Type: Article

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