Spatiotemporal modeling of the expansion of mechanized agriculture in the Bolivian lowland forests

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 631-640

  Müller, Robert ^a   Müller, Daniel ^b,c   Schierhorn, Florian ^c   Gerold, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bolivia; Deforestation; Land use change; Soy bean; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; RAINFOREST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BOLIVIA;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 78651296382     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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