@Article{RenóNovo:2019:FoDeGr,
               author = "Ren{\'o}, Vivian Fro{\'e}s and Novo, Evlyn M{\'a}rcia Le{\~a}o 
                         de Moraes",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Forest depletion gradient along the Amazon floodplain",
              journal = "Ecological Indicators",
                 year = "2019",
               volume = "98",
                pages = "409--419",
                month = "Mar.",
             keywords = "Amazon floodplain, Deforestation, Forest fragmentation, Landscape 
                         metrics, Remote sensing, Landsat time-series.",
             abstract = "This article analyzes the process of forest cover depletion over 
                         the last 40 years at three landscapes distributed along the Amazon 
                         floodplain. To this end, we created multi-temporal forest cover 
                         maps based on time series of Landsat images, and then analyzed the 
                         forest cover dynamics through landscape metrics. Based on 
                         landscape analyzes and bibliographic information, we assessed the 
                         degree of forest depletion of each landscape and made inferences 
                         regarding the main drives of forest changes and their impacts on 
                         ecosystem integrity. Results show the existence of an east-to-west 
                         gradient of forest depletion that varies in time and space along 
                         the floodplain of the Solim{\~o}es/Amazonas River, and provides 
                         evidence that it is a response to the history of human occupation 
                         and public policies. The most degraded landscapes are located on 
                         the eastern region, where forest depletion degree indicates 
                         substantial damage to biodiversity and ecosystem services. The 
                         study increases the scarce knowledge about the dynamics of the 
                         floodplain forest over the last decades, allows a deeper 
                         understanding of the human influence on the floodplain ecosystem, 
                         and supports further studies on the impacts of forest loss and 
                         fragmentation on biodiversity, ecosystem services and human 
                         well-being in the Amazon floodplain.",
                  doi = "10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.11.019",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.11.019",
                 issn = "1470-160X",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "reno_forest.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "27 abr. 2024"
}