Global warming in amazonia: Impacts and Mitigation;Aquecimento global na Amazônia: Impactos e Mitigação

Acta Amazonica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1003-1011

  Fearnside, Philip Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon; Climate change; Deforestation; Environmental services; Global warming; Greenhouse effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649134544     PISSN: 00445967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0044-59672009000400030     Document Type: Article

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