Changes in Size of Deforested Patches in the Brazilian Amazon

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 932-937

  Rosa, Isabel M D ^a   Souza Jr , Carlos ^b   Ewers, Robert M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Imazon Amazon Institute of People and the Environment   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation effectiveness; Size distribution; Spatial dynamics; Temporal dynamics; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LANDOWNER; PATCH SIZE; RANCHING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOYBEAN; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAND STRUCTURE; STATE ROLE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; SPACE FLIGHT;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT;

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

BOS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84865982531     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01901.x     Document Type: Article

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