Increased production of biomass for energy has the potential to offset substantial use of
fossil fuels, but it also has the potential to threaten conservation areas, pollute water …

Changing temperature and precipitation pattern and increasing concentrations of
atmospheric CO2 are likely to drive significant modifications in natural and modified forests …

Soy has become one of the world's most important agroindustrial commodities–serving as
the nexus for the production of food, animal feed, fuel and hundreds of industrial products …

Tropical moist forests contain the majority of terrestrial species. Human actions destroy
between 1 and 2 million km2 of such forests per decade, with concomitant carbon release …

Edge effects are major drivers of change in many fragmented landscapes, but are often
highly variable in space and time. Here we assess variability in edge effects altering …

Landsat Thematic mapper (TM) image has long been the dominate data source, and
recently LiDAR has offered an important new structural data stream for forest biomass …

Deforestation poses a significant global environmental challenge with far-reaching
consequences for biodiversity, climate change, and livelihoods. In this context, applying …

O MODELO da ocupação demográfica da Amazônia legalnos últimos cinqueta anos tem
levado a níveis significativos de desmatamento, resultante de múltiplos fatores, tais como a …

The effects of habitat fragmentation on diverse tropical tree communities are poorly
understood. Over a 20‐year period we monitored the density of 52 tree species in nine …

In the tropics and subtropics, most fires are set by humans for a wide range of purposes. The
total amount of burned area and fire emissions reflects a complex interaction between …