%0 Journal Article
%T A land cover map of South America
%A Eva, H.D.
%A Belward, A.S.
%A De Miranda, E.E.
%A Di Bella, C.M.
%A Gond, V.
%A Huber, O.
%A Jones, S.
%A Sgrenzaroli, M.
%A Fritz, S.
%J Global Change Biology
%D 2004
%V 10
%N 5
%I BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
%@ 1354-1013
%F Eva_etal2004
%O ISI:000221421600015
%O exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=235), last updated on Wed, 04 May 2011 11:29:12 -0300
%X A digital land cover map of South America has been produced using remotely sensed satellite data acquired between 1995 and the year 2000. The mapping scale is defined by the 1 km spatial resolution of the map grid-cell. In order to realize the product, different sources of satellite data were used, each source providing either a particular parameter of land cover characteristic required by the legend, or mapping a particular land cover class. The map legend is designed both to fit requirements for regional climate modelling and for studies on land cover change. The legend is also compatible with a wider, global, land cover mapping exercise, which seeks to characterize the world's land surface for the year 2000. As a first step, the humid forest domain has been validated using a sample of high-resolution satellite images. The map demonstrates both the major incursions of agriculture into the remaining forest domains and the extensive areas of agriculture, which now dominate South America's grasslands.
%K Amazonia
%K ecosystems
%K land cover
%K mapping
%K South America
%K vegetation classes
%P 731-744