Forest cover and deforestation patterns in the Northern Andes (Lake Maracaibo Basin): A synoptic assessment using MODIS and Landsat imagery

Applied Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 152-163

  Portillo Quintero, C A ^a   Sanchez, A M ^b   Valbuena, C A ^b   Gonzalez, Y Y ^b   Larreal, J T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Deforestation rates; Lake Maracaibo Basin; Landsat; MODIS; Nested sampling; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; MODIS; PROBABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANDES; CALIFORNIA; CATATUMBO RIVER; LAKE MARACAIBO; MOTATAN RIVER; SANTA ANA RIVER; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84864071073     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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