Selective logging changes forest phenology in the Brazilian Amazon: Evidence from MODIS image time series analysis

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2431-2440

  Koltunov, Alexander ^a   Ustin, Susan L ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^b   Fung, Inez ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; MODIS; Remote sensing; Selective harvesting; Tropical forest disturbance

Indexed keywords

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; DRY SEASONS; IMAGE TIME-SERIES; LONG LASTING; LOW LEVEL; MATO GROSSO; MODIS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SATELLITE DATA; SELECTIVE HARVESTING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL FOREST DISTURBANCE; WATER FLUX;

DROUGHT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; TIME SERIES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MODIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHENOLOGY; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349171134     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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