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TY - JOUR
T1 - Detecting anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests.
AU - Peres, Carlos
AU - Barlow, Jos
AU - Laurance, William F.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - Tropical forests are beleaguered by an array of threats driven by different scales of anthropogenic perturbations, which vary in the degree to which they can be detected by remote sensing. The extent of different patterns of cryptic disturbance often far exceeds the total area deforested, as shown by two recent studies on selective logging in Amazonia. Here, we discuss different forms of disturbance in Amazonian forests and question how much of the apparently intact forest in this region remains relatively undisturbed.
AB - Tropical forests are beleaguered by an array of threats driven by different scales of anthropogenic perturbations, which vary in the degree to which they can be detected by remote sensing. The extent of different patterns of cryptic disturbance often far exceeds the total area deforested, as shown by two recent studies on selective logging in Amazonia. Here, we discuss different forms of disturbance in Amazonian forests and question how much of the apparently intact forest in this region remains relatively undisturbed.
U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2006.03.007
DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2006.03.007
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 227
EP - 229
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
SN - 0169-5347
IS - 5
ER -