Agricultural expansion and climate variability have become important agents of disturbance
in the Amazon basin. Recent studies have demonstrated considerable resilience of …

Appropriate integration of remote sensing technologies into ecosystem services concepts
and practices leads to potential practical benefits for the protection of biodiversity and the …

Hyperspectral data (Table 1) is acquired as continuous narrowbands (eg, each band with 1
to 10 nanometer or nm bandwidths) over a range of electromagnetic spectrum (eg, 400 …

Sandy soils cover approximately 900 million ha worldwide particularly in arid and semi-arid
regions. There are extensive areas of sandy soils under cultivation, but the soil fertility is …

This paper reviews current knowledge on changes in carbon stocks upon land use
conversion in the Brazilian Cerrado. First, we briefly characterize the savanna ecosystem …

Our research takes advantage of a historical trend in natural reforestation of abandoned
tropical pastures to examine changes in soil carbon (C) during 80 years of secondary forest …

Remote sensing has the potential of improving our ability to map and monitor pasture
degradation. Pasture degradation is one of the most important problems in the Amazon, yet …

Maintaining the productivity of tropical pastures is a major challenge for the sustainable
management of tropical landscapes around the globe. To address this issue, we examined …

Secondary forests are becoming increasingly widespread in the tropics, but our
understanding of how secondary succession affects carbon (C) cycling and C sequestration …

Las selvas húmedas han sufrido una intensa deforestación y degradación debido a las
actividades antropogénicas. Grandes áreas antes cubiertas por estos bosques de elevada …