Modeling spatial decisions with graph theory: Logging roads and forest fragmentation in the Brazilian Amazon

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 239-254

  Walker, Robert ^a,b   Arima, Eugenio ^c   Messina, Joe ^a   Soares Filho, Britaldo ^d   Perz, Stephen ^e   Vergara, Dante ^f   Sales, Marcio ^g   Pereira, Ritaumaria ^a   Castro, Williams ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Univesidade Federal Do Pará ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Centro de Sensoriamento Remoto   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^g Instituto Do Homem e Ambiente da Amazônia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Forest fragmentation; Graph theory; Logging

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ALGORITHM; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); PASTURE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAZIL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TREE;

BRAZIL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); TRANSPORTATION; TREES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875784551     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1800.1     Document Type: Article

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