Landsat-Based Land Use Change Assessment in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Forest Transition and Sugarcane Expansion

In this study, we examine the hypothesis of a forest transition in an area of early expansion of the agricultural frontier over the Brazilian Atlantic Forest in the south-central part of the State of São Paulo. Large scale land use/cover changes were assessed by integrating Landsat imager...

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Main Authors: Alindomar Lacerda Silva, Diógenes Salas Alves, Matheus Pinheiro Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/7/996