Comparative analysis of landscape fragmentation in Rondônia, Brazilian Amazon

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 33, Issue , 2000, Pages 148-155

  Batistella, Mateus ^a   Brondizio, Eduardo S ^a   Moran, Emilio F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian amazon; Deforestation; Landscape fragmentation; Landscape indices; Rond nia

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

BRAZILIAN AMAZON; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURES; FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE INDEX; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 85030892890     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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