Watershed responses to Amazon soya bean cropland expansion and intensification

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1619, 2013, Pages

  Neill, Christopher ^a,b   Coe, Michael T ^c,d   Riskin, Shelby H ^b   Krusche, Alex V ^e   Elsenbeer, Helmut ^f   Macedo, Marcia N ^c,d   McHorney, Richard ^a   Lefebvre, Paul ^c   Davidson, Eric A ^c   Scheffler, Raphael ^f   e Silva Figueira, Adelaine Michela ^e,g   Porder, Stephen ^b   Deegan, Linda A ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO OESTE DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Soil; Soya beans; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST COVER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IMPOUNDMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOYBEAN; STREAMWATER; WATERSHED;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROLOGY; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SOIL; SOYBEAN; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SOIL; SOYBEANS; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84876479841     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0425     Document Type: Article

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