Physical landscape correlates of the expansion of mechanized agriculture in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Earth Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Jasinski, Ellen ^a   Morton, Douglas ^a   DeFries, Ruth ^a   Shimabukuro, Yosio ^b   Anderson, Liana ^b   Hansen, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Land use change; Logistic regression; Mechanized agriculture; Soy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EXPANSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; SOILS;

BRAZIL; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; NON-AGRICULTURAL LANDS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT MODELS; SUSTAINABLE LAND USE;

LAND USE;

EID: 77955964705     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/EI143.1     Document Type: Article

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