Unsustainable landscapes of deforested Amazonia: An analysis of the relationships among landscapes and the social, economic and environmental profiles of farms at different ages following deforestation

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages 137-155

  Lavelle, Patrick ^a,b   Dolédec, Sylvain ^c   de Sartre, Xavier Arnauld ^d   Decaëns, Thibaud ^e   Gond, Valery ^f   Grimaldi, Michel ^a   Oszwald, Johan ^g   Hubert, Bernard ^h   Ramirez, Bertha ⁱ   Veiga, Iran ^j   de Souza, Simão ^j   de Assis, William Santos ^j   Michelotti, Fernando ^j   Martins, Marlucia ^k   Feijoo, Alexander ^l   Bommel, Pierre ^m   Castañeda, Edna ⁱ   Chacon, Patricia ⁿ   Desjardins, Thierry ^a   Dubs, Florence ^a   Gordillo, Erika ⁱ   Guevara, Edward ^b   Fonte, Steven ^b   del Pilar Hurtado, Maria ^b   Lena, Philippe ^a   Lima, Tamara ^o   Marichal, Raphaël ^a   Mitja, Danielle ^p   Miranda, Izildinha ^o   Otero, Tupac ^q   Praxedes, Catarina ^k   Poccard, René ^m   de Robert, Pascale ^a   Rodriguez, Gamaliel ⁱ   Sanabria, Catalina ⁿ   Tselouiko, Stéphanie ^a   Velasquez, Alexander ⁱ   Velasquez, Elena ^q   Velasquez, Jaime ⁱ   more..

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Centro Internacional de Agricultural Tropical   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^f CIRAD   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^h CEMAGREF   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE LA AMAZONIA   (Colombia)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^k MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^l UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^m Animal et Gestion Intégrée des Risques Centre International de Recherche en Agriculture pour le Développement   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^o UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^p INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^q UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

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Author keywords

Amazonia; Biodiversity; Economic efficiency; Ecosystem services; Landscapes; Social wellbeing; Socioecological systems

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; DEFORESTATION; DESIGN METHOD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURAL CAPITAL; PASTURE; RANCHING; RECONSTRUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF;

AMAZONIA;

AVES; BOS; DROSOPHILIDAE; FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; POACEAE; SATURNIIDAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 84982812661     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.04.009     Document Type: Article

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