Seeing the forest for the streams: A multiscale study of land-use change and stream ecosystems in the Amazon's agricultural frontier

Global demand for agricultural products is an increasingly important driver of deforestation in the Amazon Basin. This dissertation examines the consequences of agricultural expansion for stream ecosystems in the southern Amazon's agricultural frontier. At regional scales, the removal of waters...

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Main Author: Macedo, Marcia Nunes
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D89039N6