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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Published in:	Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences Vol. 363; no. 1498; p. 1737
Main Authors:	Nepstad, Daniel C, Stickler, Claudia M, Filho, Britaldo Soares, Merry, Frank
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 27.05.2008
Subjects:	Conservation of Natural Resources - trends Ecosystem Greenhouse Effect Time Factors Trees Tropical Climate
ISSN:	0962-8436
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