Título:	Land cover evolution of small farms: the Transamazon highway.
Autoria:	WALKER, R. T. HOMMA, A. K. O. SCATENA, F. N. CONTO, A. J. de RODRIGUEZ-PEDRAZZA, C. D. FERREIRA, C. A. P. OLIVEIRA, P. M. de CARVALHO, R. de A.
Afiliação:	Robert T. Walker, Florida State University; ALFREDO KINGO OYAMA HOMMA, CPATU; Frederick N. Scatena, International Institute of Tropical Forestry; ARNALDO JOSE DE CONTO, CPATU; Carlos David Rodriquez-Pedrazza, International Institute of Tropical Forestry; CELIO ARMANDO PALHETA FERREIRA, CPATU; Pedro Mourão de Oliveira, SUDAM; RUI DE AMORIM CARVALHO, CPATU.
Ano de publicação:	1997
Referência:	Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, Brasília, v. 35, n. 2, p. 115-126, abr./jun. 1997.
Conteúdo:	The dynamics of land use change in both the mid and long-run were determined for a sample of 132 small farmers located along the Transamazon Highway. On average, four deforestation events occurred after arrival on the property. The average area of deforested land was 10 hectares for each event, totaling 40 of the 50 hectares allowed by law for a typical size plot of 100 hectares. It was observed that small farmers along the Transamazon Highway employ diversified systems of land use including annual crops, perennials and cattle; these show a temporal sequence in accord with household domestic cycles. These results suggest that pasture conversion in Amazon by small farmers is due to domestic dynamics cycle in addition to others variables.
Thesagro:	Ciclo de Vida Desmatamento Pequeno Produtor Uso da Terra
NAL Thesaurus:	Amazonia deforestation land use small farms
Palavras-chave:	Transamazônica Transamazon Domestic cycle Amazonian
Tipo do material:	Artigo de periódico
Acesso:	openAccess
Aparece nas coleções:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPATU)