Forest Fragmentation in the Lower Amazon Floodplain: Implications for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Provision to Riverine Populations

This article analyzes the process of forest fragmentation of a floodplain landscape of the Lower Amazon over a 30-year period and its implications for the biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services to the riverine population. To this end, we created a multi-temporal forest cover map based...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vivian Renó, Evlyn Novo, Maria Escada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/11/886