The changing rates and patterns of deforestation and land use in Brazilian Amazonia.

Investigating the rates and patterns of land cover and land use change (LCLUC) in Amazonia is a central issue for Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) research. LCLUC, along with climatic changes affects the biological, chemical, and physical functions of Amazonia, thereby l...

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Autores: ALVES, D. S., MORTON, D. C., BATISTELLA, M., ROBERTS, D. A., SOUZA JR, C.
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/663199
Acceso en línea:http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/663199
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Climate changes
LBA
Global scales
Amazonia
vegetation
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Sumario:Investigating the rates and patterns of land cover and land use change (LCLUC) in Amazonia is a central issue for Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) research. LCLUC, along with climatic changes affects the biological, chemical, and physical functions of Amazonia, thereby linking environmental chance at the local, regional, and global scales. Considerable research has focused on estimating rates of forest conversion in Amazonia, mainly through the use of satellite remote sensing and evaluating factors that influence these rates, Beyond the rates of forest loss, LCLUC research in Amazonia has also considered the variety of agricultural uses that reokace firest civer, forest degradation from logging and fire, and secondary vegetation on previously cleared lands.