Remote sensing and conservation of isolated indigenous villages in Amazonia

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Walker, Robert S ^a   Hamilton, Marcus J ^b   Groth, Aaron A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Land use; Satellite imagery; Uncontacted indigenous societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929348787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140246     Document Type: Article

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