About the Authors

Rodolfo L. B. Nóbrega

rodolfo.nobrega@geo.uni-gottingen.de

Affiliation Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences and Geography, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Alphonce C. Guzha

Current address: U.S.D.A. Forest Service, International Programs, c/o CIFOR, World Agroforestry Center, Nairobi, Kenya

Affiliation Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences and Geography, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Gilmar N. Torres

Affiliation Department of Soil and Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil

Kristof Kovacs

Affiliation Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences and Geography, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Gabriele Lamparter

Affiliation Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences and Geography, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Ricardo S. S. Amorim

Affiliation Department of Soil and Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil

Eduardo Couto

Affiliation Department of Soil and Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil

Gerhard Gerold

Affiliation Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences and Geography, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RLBN ACG GG RSSA. Data curation: RLBN ACG GNT KK GL RSSA. Formal analysis: RLBN ACG KK GNT RSSA. Funding acquisition: GG RSSA EC. Investigation: RLBN ACG GNT GL. Methodology: RLBN ACG RSSA GG. Project administration: RLBN ACG RSSA GG EC. Resources: GG RSSA EC. Software: RLBN. Supervision: ACG RSSA GG EC. Validation: RLBN ACG GL GG. Visualization: RLBN KK. Writing – original draft: RLBN ACG GL GG. Writing – review & editing: RLBN ACG GNT KK GL RSSA EC GG.