Accuracy Assessment for a Simulation Model of Amazonian Deforestation

  1. Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr.1,
  2. Robert Walker2,
  3. Robert Yao-Kumah1,
  4. Eugenio Arima3,
  5. Stephen Aldrich2,
  6. Marcellus Caldas4,
  7. Dante Vergara2

Article first published online: 13 NOV 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00577.x

Issue

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volume 97, Issue 4, pages 677–695, December 2007

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How to Cite

Pontius, R. G., Walker, R., Yao-Kumah, R., Arima, E., Aldrich, S., Caldas, M. and Vergara, D. (2007), Accuracy Assessment for a Simulation Model of Amazonian Deforestation. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 97: 677–695. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00577.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University

  2. 2

    Department of Geography, Michigan State University

  3. 3

    Department of Environmental Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazonia, Brazil

  4. 4

    Department of Geography, Kansas State University

*Correspondence: Department of International Development, Community, and Environment, School of Geography, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610-1477, e-mail: rpontius@clarku.edu (Pontius); Department of Geography, Michigan State University, 118 Geography Bldg., East Lansing, MI, 48824, e-mail: rwalker@msu.edu (Walker), aldric30@msu.edu (Aldrich), vergarad@msu.edu (Vergara); Department of International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University, e-mail: robby60@hotmail.com (Yao-Kumah); Department of Environmental Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 300 Pulteney Street, Geneva, NY 14456, e-mail: arima@hws.edu (Arima); Department of Geography, Kansas State University, 116 Seton Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-2940, e-mail: caldasma@msu.edu (Caldas).

  1. Eugenio Arima and Marcellus Caldas were affiliated with Michigan State University during the time the work reported in this article was done.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 13 NOV 2007
  2. Article first published online: 13 NOV 2007
  3. Initial submissions, February 2006; revised submissions, September and October 2006; final acceptance, October 2006

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