Tropical Deforestation and Habitat Fragmentation in the Amazon: Satellite Data from 1978 to 1988

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dc.contributor.authorSkole, David L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTucker, Comptonen_US
dc.coverage.regionSouth Americaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:59:33Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:59:33Z
dc.date.issued1993en_US
dc.date.submitted2008-03-10en_US
dc.date.submitted2008-03-10en_US
dc.description.abstract"Landsat satellite imagery covering the entire forested portion of the Brazilian Amazon Basin was used to measure, for 1978 and 1988, deforestation, fragmented forest, defined as areas less then 100 square kilometers surrounded by deforestation, and edge effects of kilometer into forest from adjacent areas of deforestation. Tropical deforestation increased from 78,000 square kilometers in 1978 to 230,000 square kilometers in 1988 while tropical forest habitat, severely affected with respect to biological diversity, increased from 208,000 to 588,000 square kilometers. Although this rate of deforestation is lower than previous estimates, the effect on biological diversity is greater."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalScienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthJanuaryen_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume260en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/3304
dc.subjectAmazon River regionen_US
dc.subjectforests--tropicsen_US
dc.subjectdeforestationen_US
dc.subject.sectorForestryen_US
dc.submitter.emailrshivakoti@yahoo.comen_US
dc.titleTropical Deforestation and Habitat Fragmentation in the Amazon: Satellite Data from 1978 to 1988en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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