Historical reconstruction of land use in the Brazilian Amazon (1940-1995)

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-52

  Leite, Christiane C ^a   Costa, Marcos H ^a   de Lima, Cleverson A ^a   Ribeiro, Carlos A A S ^a   Sediyama, Gilberto C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Historical reconstruction; Land use change; Time series

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; GOIAS; MATO GROSSO;

BOS;

EID: 79951499188     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2010.501157     Document Type: Article

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