Large scale spatio-temporal patterns of road development in the Amazon rainforest

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-264

  Ahmed, Sadia E ^a,b   Ewers, Robert M ^b   Smith, Matthew J ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anthropogenic effects; Brazilian Amazon; infrastructure; road development; spatio temporal dynamics; statistical inference

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA FUSION; DEFORESTATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROADS AND STREETS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; INFRASTRUCTURE; ROAD DEVELOPMENT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL INFERENCE;

ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; ROAD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; DISPERSAL; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; AMAZONIA;

EID: 84906778643     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892913000520     Document Type: Article

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