Assessment of rates of deforestation classes in the Paraguayan Chaco (Great South American Chaco) with comments on the vulnerability of forests fragments to climate change

A large portion of the Occidental Region of Paraguay consists of a semi-arid territory with vegetation adapted to the features of this region. For just over a decade, a process of intense deforestation has resulted from the expansion of mechanized farming, carried out without any form of land manage...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Climatic change 2014-11, Vol.127 (1), p.55-71
Hauptverfasser:	Mereles, María Fátima, Rodas, Oscar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Atmospheric Sciences Biological and medical sciences biological corridors Climate change Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change conservation areas Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife Deforestation Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences Earth, ocean, space Environmental degradation: ecosystems survey and restoration Exact sciences and technology External geophysics farming systems fires Floods Forests Formations Fragmentation Fragments Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology homeostasis image analysis Land management landscapes mechanization Meteorology planning Protected areas remote sensing Rivers Roads & highways Satellite imagery Synecology Terrestrial ecosystems Vegetation
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