Climate change, deforestation, and the fate of the Amazon

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5860, 2008, Pages 169-172

  Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   Roberts, J Timmons ^a,b   Betts, Richard A ^c   Killeen, Timothy J ^d   Li, Wenhong ^e   Nobre, Carlos A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FINANCIAL PROVISION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION;

ASTRONOMY; BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349032784     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1146961     Document Type: Review

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