Reevaluating suitability estimates based on dynamics of cropland expansion in the Brazilian Amazon

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 92-101

  Morton, Douglas C ^a   Noojipady, Praveen ^a,b,c   Macedo, Marcia M ^d   Gibbs, Holly ^e   Victoria, Daniel C ^f   Bolfe, Edson L ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Potentially available cropland (PAC); Soya; Utilization; Zoning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CERRADO; COMMODITY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SOYBEAN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZONING SYSTEM;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

EID: 84958542869     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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