Interactions among Amazon land use, forests and climate: prospects for a near-term forest tipping point

Some model experiments predict a large-scale substitution of Amazon forest by savannah-like vegetation by the end of the twenty-first century. Expanding global demands for biofuels and grains, positive feedbacks in the Amazon forest fire regime and drought may drive a faster process of forest degrad...

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Autores principales: Nepstad, Daniel C, Stickler, Claudia M, Filho, Britaldo Soares-, Merry, Frank
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2373903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18267897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.0036

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2373903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18267897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.0036

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