Mapping forest successional stages following deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia using multi-temporal Landsat images

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Mapping forest successional stages following deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia using multi-temporal Landsat images. / Espirito-Santo, Fernando; Shimabukuro, Yosio E.; Kuplich, T. M.
In: International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 26, No. 3, 10.02.2005, p. 635-642.

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