Detecting subtle land use change in tropical forests

Applied Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-211

  Sirén, Anders H ^a,b   Brondizio, Eduardo S ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use change; Remote sensing; Shifting cultivation; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

FALLOW; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 61449191736     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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