Recent cropping frequency, expansion, and abandonment in Mato Grosso, Brazil had selective land characteristics

Recent cropping frequency, expansion, and abandonment in Mato Grosso, Brazil had selective land characteristics

This letter uses satellite remote sensing to examine patterns of cropland expansion, cropland abandonment, and changing cropping frequency in Mato Grosso, Brazil from 2001 to 2011. During this period, Mato Grosso emerged as a globally important center of agricultural production. In 2001, 3.3 million...

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Main Authors: Stephanie A Spera, Avery S Cohn, Leah K VanWey, Jack F Mustard, Bernardo F Rudorff, Joel Risso, Marcos Adami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
agricultural expansion
agricultural abandonment
land suitability
Brazil
remote sensing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/6/064010

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/6/064010

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