Monitoring deforestation with MODIS Active Fires in Neotropical dry forests: An analysis of local-scale assessments in Mexico, Brazil and Bolivia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-159

  Portillo Quintero, Carlos ^a,b   Sanchez Azofeifa, Arturo ^a   Marcos do Espirito Santo, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTES CLAROS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Fires; MODIS; Tropical dry forests

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DEFORESTATION; DRY FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING; MODIS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84880277681     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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