Estimation of sediment production in oil palm expansion areas in the Amazon

ABSTRACT Currently, an activity that has become strategic at a national level is the cultivation of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) in the northeast region of the Pará State, in eastern Brazilian Amazon. However, the impacts of this crop expansion on the hydro-sedimentological cycle are still unknown....

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Main Authors: Antonio K. L. Silva, Adriano M. L. de Sousa, Joyse T. S. dos Santos, João M. Villela, Lucieta G. Martorano, Silvio Crestana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Series:Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental - Agriambi
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