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The Amazon basin in transition

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  • Eric A. Davidson

    (The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road)

  • Alessandro C. de Araújo

    (Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Travessa Dr. Enéas Pinheiro, s/n, Marco, Caixa Postal 48, Belém, Pará 66095-100, Brazil
    Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Manaus, Amazonas, 69060-001, Brazil)

  • Paulo Artaxo

    (Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa R, 187, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil)

  • Jennifer K. Balch

    (The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road
    National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 735 State Street, Suite 300, Santa Barbara, California 93101, USA)

  • I. Foster Brown

    (The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road
    Universidade Federal do Acre, Mestrado em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Parque Zoobotânico, Distrito Industrial, Rio Branco, AC 69915-900, Brazil)

  • Mercedes M. C. Bustamante

    (Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70910-900, Brazil)

  • Michael T. Coe

    (The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road)

  • Ruth S. DeFries

    (Columbia University, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York 10027, USA)

  • Michael Keller

    (USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Jardín Botánico Sur, 1201 Calle Ceiba, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926-1119, USA
    Embrapa Monitoramento por Satélite, Avenida Soldado Passarinho, 303, Fazenda Chapadão, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil)

  • Marcos Longo

    (Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • J. William Munger

    (Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • Wilfrid Schroeder

    (University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, 5825 University Research Court Suite 4001, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA)

  • Britaldo S. Soares-Filho

    (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Centro de Sensoriamento Remoto, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-900, Brazil)

  • Carlos M. Souza

    (Imazon, Centro de Geotecnologia do Imazon, Rua Domingos Marreiros 2020, Belém, Pará 66060-160, Brazil)

  • Steven C. Wofsy

    (Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

Abstract

A synthesis of recent research shows that the effects of human actions have already altered the regional hydrology and energy balance of parts of the Amazon basin, and that interactions between deforestation, fire and climate change are likely to further alter carbon storage, precipitation patterns and river discharge.

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  • Eric A. Davidson & Alessandro C. de Araújo & Paulo Artaxo & Jennifer K. Balch & I. Foster Brown & Mercedes M. C. Bustamante & Michael T. Coe & Ruth S. DeFries & Michael Keller & Marcos Longo & J. Will, 2012. "The Amazon basin in transition," Nature, Nature, vol. 481(7381), pages 321-328, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:481:y:2012:i:7381:d:10.1038_nature10717
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10717
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