Integrating Amazonian vegetation, land-use, and satellite data

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Bioscience; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/1312383· OSTI ID:7183539

Moran, E F; Brondizio, E ^[1]; Mausel, P; Wu, You ^[2]

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1. Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
2. Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute, IN (United States)

Attention to differential patterns and rates of secondary succession on deforested land in the Amazon Basin can help formulate future policies. Amazon deforestation is driven by policies that favor cattle over people as occupants of the frontier, not primarily population growth as in Asia. Deforestation has transformed Brazil into the world's fourth major contributor of carbon to the atmosphere. This article discusses the following topics: How and why deforestation occured; use of Landsat satellite data to study deforestation and vegetation patterns; analytical procedures for satellite data analysis; Transamazon highway vegetational change. 62 refs., 5 figs., 3 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 7183539
• Journal Information: Bioscience; (United States), Vol. 44:5; ISSN 0006-3568
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
29 ENERGY PLANNING
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DEFORESTATION
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REMOTE SENSING
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
AMAZON RIVER
CARBON
CATTLE
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
LANDSAT SATELLITES
ANIMALS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ELEMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LATIN AMERICA
MAMMALS
NONMETALS
RIVERS
RUMINANTS
SATELLITES
SOUTH AMERICA
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
VERTEBRATES
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