Types and rates of forest disturbance in Brazilian Legal Amazon, 2000–2013
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Primary forest clearing as a share of gross disturbance in Brazilian Legal Amazon changed from 67% in 2001 to 47% in 2013.
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- Authors
- Tyukavina, A., Hansen, M. C., Potapov, P. V., Stehman, S. V., Smith-Rodriguez, K., Okpa, C., & Aguilar, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- State University of New York (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tyukavina, Alexandra
- Venue
- Science Advances
- Published
- 2017-04-07
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- e1601047-e1601047
- ISSN
- 2375-2548 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5389783
- OpenAlex
- W2607141325
- Cited by
- 231
- References
- 8
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- FWCI
- 13.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Science Advances (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (ID0EP1CI14226, 5131)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (ID0E25CI14227, NNX13AP48G, ID0EOEDI14228, NNX08AL99G)
- Norwegian Climate and Forests Initiative (ID0E1IDI14229, Global Forest Watch)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Keywords
- forest disturbance, tree cover loss, Legal Amazon, deforestation, pasture expansion, cropland expansion, forest fires, drought, selective logging, forest monitoring, land use change
- MeSH terms
- Brazil, Conservation of Natural Resources, Models, Biological, Forests
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