Secondary vegetation dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon based on thematic mapper imagery

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-194

  Mello, Allan Yu Iwama ^a   Diogenes, S Alves ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZILIAN AMAZON; DEFORESTATION MAP; LAND-USE SYSTEMS; LONG-TERM EVOLUTION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SECONDARY VEGETATION; THEMATIC MAPPERS;

DEFORESTATION; FARMS;

VEGETATION;

DEFORESTATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SAMPLING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; THEMATIC MAPPING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BRAZIL; DEFORESTATION; FORESTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; PLANTS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 80054755706     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.506206     Document Type: Article

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