Typology and characterization of Amazon colonists: A case study along the Transamazon highway

Human Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-267

  Godar, Javier ^a   Tizado, Emilio Jorge ^a   Pokorny, Benno ^b   Johnson, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; Cattle ranching; Cluster analysis; Colonization; Deforestation; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 84856065670     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: 15729915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9457-8     Document Type: Article

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