Deforestation hotspots in the Brazilian Amazon: Evidence and causes as assessed from remote sensing and census data

Earth Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Ferreira, Nilson Clementino ^a   Ferreira, Laerte Guimarães ^a   Miziara, Fausto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deforestation hotspots; Land tenure structure; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING;

BRAZILIAN AMAZON; CENSUS DATA; HOTSPOTS; LAND TENURE; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL STATISTICS;

DEFORESTATION;

EID: 59849114005     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/EI201.1     Document Type: Article

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