Land cover changes in the Brazilian Cerrado and Caatinga biomes from 1990 to 2010 based on a systematic remote sensing sampling approach

Applied Geography

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 116-127

  Beuchle, René ^a   Grecchi, Rosana Cristina ^a   Shimabukuro, Yosio Edemir ^a,b   Seliger, Roman ^c   Eva, Hugh Douglas ^a   Sano, Edson ^d   Achard, Frédéric ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Cerrado; Deforestation; Land cover change; Remote sensing; Sampling approach

Indexed keywords

BIOME; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84923025559     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.01.017     Document Type: Article

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