Changes in the land cover and land use of the Itacaiunas River watershed, arc of deforestation, Carajas, southeastern Amazon
Human actions are changing the Amazon’s landscape by clearing tropical forest and replacing it mainly by pasturelands. The focus of this work is to assess the changes in the Itacaiúnas River watershed; an area located in the southeastern Amazon region, near Carajás, one of the largest mining provinc...
Main Authors: | P. W. M. Souza-Filho, W. R. Nascimento Jr., B. R. Versiani de Mendonça, R. O. Silva Jr., J. T. F. Guimarães, R. Dall'Agnol, J. O. Siqueira |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-04-01
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Series: | The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-7-W3/1491/2015/isprsarchives-XL-7-W3-1491-2015.pdf |
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