Thresholds of species loss in Amazonian deforestation frontier landscapes

JM Ochoa‐Quintero, TA Gardner, I Rosa… - Conservation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the Brazilian Amazon, private land accounts for the majority of remaining native
vegetation. Understanding how land‐use change affects the composition and distribution of …

Exploring the driving forces behind deforestation in the state of Mexico (Mexico) using geographically weighted regression

NBP Jaimes, JB Sendra, MG Delgado, RF Plata - Applied Geography, 2010 - Elsevier
The goal of this work is to explore diverse factors that have induced the loss of forest areas
in the State of Mexico from 1993 to 2000, using a technique for local analysis known as …

Spatial and temporal dynamics of shifting cultivation in the middle-Amazonas river: Expansion and intensification

CC Jakovac, LP Dutrieux, L Siti, M Peña-Claros… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Shifting cultivation is the main land-use system transforming landscapes in riverine
Amazonia. Increased concentration of the human population around villages and increasing …

Land use and land cover changes determine the spatial relationship between fire and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

A Lima, TSF Silva, RM de Feitas, M Adami… - Applied …, 2012 - Elsevier
An increased frequency of droughts is predicted for the Amazon rainforest in the 21st
century, which, combined with deforestation, could exacerbate fire occurrence in the region …

Critical distances: Comparing measures of spatial accessibility in the riverine landscapes of Peruvian Amazonia

M Salonen, T Toivonen, JM Cohalan, OT Coomes - Applied geography, 2012 - Elsevier
Quantitative measures of accessibility are increasingly used in land cover change modeling
and in assessing human pressure on the environment. In riverine Amazonia the significance …

Relationships between riparian forest fragmentation and biological indicators of streams

Y Yirigui, SW Lee, AP Nejadhashemi, MR Herman… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Anthropogenic activities, such as land use and land cover modifications in riparian areas,
can alter the degree of fragmentation of riparian vegetation, lead to the degradation of …

[PDF][PDF] Indirect land use change from increased biofuels demand

R Edwards, D Mulligan, L Marelli - JRC Scientific and Technical Reports …, 2010 - Citeseer
Indirect Land Use Change from increased biofuels demand Page 1 EUR 24485 EN - 2010
Indirect Land Use Change from increased biofuels demand Comparison of models and results …

Land trafficking, migration, and conservation in the “no-man's land” of northeastern Peru

N Shanee, S Shanee - Tropical Conservation Science, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Peru and especially its northeastern regions are considered a global conservation priority
because of high biodiversity and the acute threats they face. Despite the Peruvian state's …

Using fuzzy cognitive maps to describe current system dynamics and develop land cover scenarios: a case study in the Brazilian Amazon

LS Soler, K Kok, G Camara… - Journal of Land Use …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In this study we developed a methodology to identify and quantify the relationships among
determinants of land cover change using a regional case study in the Brazilian Amazon. The …

Fire risk assessment in the Brazilian Amazon using MODIS imagery and change vector analysis

EE Maeda, GFB Arcoverde, PKE Pellikka… - Applied …, 2011 - Elsevier
Fires in the tropical forests are the main source of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil.
Current methods aimed at the detection and monitoring of fire events in the Brazilian …