Contrasting tree-cover loss and subsequent land cover in two neotropical forest regions: sample-based assessment of the Mexican Yucatán and Argentine Chaco

The neotropical-forest’s northern and southern extremes, covering the Mexican Yucatán and the Argentine Chaco, have among the highest rates of recent tree-cover loss in the biome. This study contrasts the character of loss in these regions, estimating proportions of types of loss and subsequent land...

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Autores: Krylov, Alexander, Steininger, Marc K., Hansen, Matthew C., Potapov, Peter V., Stehman, Stephen V., Gost, Allison, Noel, Jacob, Talero Ramirez, Yamile, Tyukavina, Alexandra, Di Bella, Carlos Marcelo, Ellis, Edward A., Ellis, Peter
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/130063
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/130063
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DEFORESTATION
MONITORING
REMOTE SENSING
SAMPLING DESIGN
TROPICAL FOREST
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4
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Sumario:The neotropical-forest’s northern and southern extremes, covering the Mexican Yucatán and the Argentine Chaco, have among the highest rates of recent tree-cover loss in the biome. This study contrasts the character of loss in these regions, estimating proportions of types of loss and subsequent land cover. It is based on two-stage probability sampling design and field and satellite-image surveys. All estimates include uncertainties, which could be further reduced via model-assisted estimation or additional sampling. This approach can be replicated in other regions to estimate types of loss and associated land cover from a definitive, in-situ perspective. The character of loss in the two areas differed greatly. That in the Yucatán was 54% temporary, mostly under fallow or selectively logged, while that in the Chaco was 85% permanent, split nearly equally between crops and pasture. These data contribute to a quantitative basis for studies of socio-economic drivers of neotropical deforestation.

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