Determinants of Land Use in Amazônia: A Fine‐Scale Spatial Analysis
利用巴西亚马孙地区的人口普查区数据，分析降水、土壤质量、基础设施等因素如何影响森林砍伐和牧场生产力，发现降雨量越高的地区农业转化率越低。
Wetter areas of the Amazon basin exhibit lower rates of agricultural conversion. Previous analyses, using relatively aggregate data on land cover, have been unable to determine the extent to which this reflects limited access versus unfavorable agroclimatic conditions. This article uses census‐tract level data for the Brazilian Amazon to relate forest conversion and pasture productivity to precipitation, soil quality, infrastructure and market access, proximity to past conversion, and protection status. The probability that land is used for agriculture or intensively stocked with cattle declines markedly with increasing rainfall, other things equal.