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Geocarto International Volume 8, 1993 - Issue 4: Global Environmental Change
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Spectral identification of successional stages following deforestation in the Amazon

Paul Mausel Department of Geography, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, 47809, U.S.A.
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You Wu Department of Geography, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, 47809, U.S.A.
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Yinghong Li Department of Geography, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, 47809, U.S.A.
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Emilio F. Moran Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, U.S.A.
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Eduardo S. Brondizio Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, U.S.A.
Pages 61-71 | Published online: 17 Sep 2008

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