Mapping and quantification of ferruginous outcrop savannas in the Brazilian Amazon: A challenge for biodiversity conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Souza Filho, Pedro Walfir M ^a,b   Giannini, Tereza C ^a   Jaffé, Rodolfo ^a   Giulietti, Ana M ^a   Santos, Diogo C ^b   Nascimento, Wilson R ^a   Guimarães, José Tasso F ^a   Costa, Marlene F ^c   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera L ^a   Siqueira, José O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c VALE S A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

AMAZONAS (BRAZIL); ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; MINING; NATIONAL PARK; PASTURELAND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; VEGETATION; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; METABOLISM;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; GRASSLAND; IRON; MINING;

EID: 85060133076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211095     Document Type: Article

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