The changing rates and patterns of deforestation and land use in Brazilian Amazonia

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 186, Issue , 2009, Pages 11-23

  Alves, Diogenes S ^a   Morton, Douglas C ^b   Batistella, Mateus ^c   Roberts, Dar A ^d   Souza Jr , Carlos ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

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EID: 84899841720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000722     Document Type: Article

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