Agricultural land use dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon based on remote sensing and census data

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-252

  de Espindola, Giovana M ^a   de Aguiar, Ana Paula D ^a   Pebesma, Edzer ^b   Câmara, Gilberto ^a   Fonseca, Leila ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural land uses; Brazilian Amazon; Deforestation; Land use dynamic; Spatial regression analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CENSUS; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; PARA [BRAZIL]; RONDONIA;

EID: 79960288840     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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