Effects of roads, topography, and land use on forest cover dynamics in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 410-417

  Freitas, Simone R ^a,b   Hawbaker, Todd J ^c   Metzger, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Deforestation; Forest fragmentation; Forest regrowth; Landscape dynamics; Road ecology

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ATLANTIC FOREST; DATA ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; FOREST REGROWTH; GENERALIZED LEAST SQUARES REGRESSIONS; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE FEATURE; LONG-TERM CONSERVATION; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; PERMANENT SCARS; RAPID EXPANSION; ROAD DENSITY; ROAD ECOLOGY; ROAD NETWORK; TROPICAL REGIONS;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; LAND USE; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; REGROWTH;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 72649106538     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.036     Document Type: Article

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