The use of species distribution models to predict the spatial distribution of deforestation in the western Brazilian Amazon

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 291, Issue , 2014, Pages 250-259

  de Souza, Rodrigo Antônio ^a   de Marco, Paulo ^b  

^a Remote Sensing Center of the Brazilian Inst of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources CSR/IBAMA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Deforestation; Distributions; Models; Species

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FORECASTING; MODELS;

AMAZON; AMAZON DEFORESTATION; COMMAND AND CONTROL; DISTRIBUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE; SPECIES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84955743031     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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