Agricultural land use and cover change in the Cerrado/Amazon ecotone: A case study of the upper Teles Pires River basin

ABSTRACT The upper Teles Pires River basin is a key hydrological resource for the state of Mato Grosso, but has suffered rapid land use and cover change. The basin includes areas of Cerrado biome, as well as transitional areas between the Amazon and Cerrado vegetation types, with intensive large-sca...

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Main Authors: Ana Paula Sousa Rodrigues ZAIATZ, Cornélio Alberto ZOLIN, Laurimar Goncalves VENDRUSCULO, Tarcio Rocha LOPES, Janaina PAULINO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2018-04-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aa/v48n2/1809-4392-aa-48-02-168.pdf