Mapping and spatial analysis of the soybean agricultural frontier in Mato Grosso, Brazil, using remote sensing data

GeoJournal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 833-850

  Arvor, Damien ^a   Dubreuil, Vincent ^b   Simões, Margareth ^c,d   Bégué, Agnès ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural frontier; Agricultural intensification; Amazonia; Crop expansion; Deforestation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FRONTIER; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AMAZONIA; ECONOMIC CYCLES; GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES; INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CROPS; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC CYCLE; LAND USE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOYBEAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84884386429     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-012-9469-3     Document Type: Article

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