Future deforestation drivers in an Amazonian ranching frontier

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 365-393

  de las Heras, Alejandro ^a   Lake, Iain R ^b   Lovett, Andrew ^b   Peres, Carlos ^b  

^a Proyecto de Recuperacion del Berrendo Peninsular   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cellular automata; change detection; classification; deforestation; drivers of change; predictive vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; DEFORESTATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTURE; RANCHING; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ALTA FLORESTA; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

BOS;

EID: 84871002177     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2011.590234     Document Type: Article

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