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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...
Autores principales: | Nepstad, Daniel C, Stickler, Claudia M, Filho, Britaldo Soares-, Merry, Frank |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2008
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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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