Multi-scale assessment of human-induced changes to Amazonian instream habitats

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1725-1745

  Leal, Cecília G ^a,b,c   Pompeu, Paulo S ^a   Gardner, Toby A ^d   Leitão, Rafael P ^e   Hughes, Robert M ^f   Kaufmann, Philip R ^g   Zuanon, Jansen ^e   de Paula, Felipe R ^h   Ferraz, Silvio F B ^h   Thomson, James R ⁱ   Mac Nally, Ralph ⁱ   Ferreira, Joice ^j   Barlow, Jos ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^d STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e National Institute for Research in Amazonia   (Brazil)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^j EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Amazon basin; Anthropogenic impacts; Deforestation; Freshwater; Land use change; Physical and chemical habitat; Random forest models; Tropical forest; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; FORESTED CATCHMENT; FRESHWATER; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PRIVATE LAND; RANDOM WALK METHOD; STREAM; TROPICAL FOREST; WATERSHED;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 84974824529     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-016-0358-x     Document Type: Article

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