Land system science in Latin America: challenges and perspectives

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 26-27, Issue , 2017, Pages 37-46

  Boillat, Sébastien ^a,b   Scarpa, Fabiano M ^b   Robson, James P ^c   Gasparri, Ignácio ^d   Aide, T Mitchell ^e   Aguiar, Ana Paula Dutra ^b   Anderson, Liana O ^f   Batistella, Mateus ^g,h   Fonseca, Marisa Gesteira ^b   Futemma, Célia ^h   Grau, H Ricardo ^d   Mathez Stiefel, Sarah Lan ^a,i   Metzger, Jean Paul ^j   Ometto, Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud ^b   Pedlowski, Marcos Antonio ^k   Perz, Stephen G ^l   Robiglio, Valentina ⁱ   Soler, Luciana ^b   Vieira, Ima ^m   Brondizio, Eduardo S ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f Parque Tecnológico de São José dos Campos ^*  (Brazil)

^g EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

ⁱ Estación Experimental   (Peru)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^k UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^l UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^m MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

ⁿ INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LIVELIHOOD; STAKEHOLDER; TREND ANALYSIS;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 85014853457     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.01.015     Document Type: Review

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