Environmental change and the carbon balance of Amazonian forests

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 913-931

  Aragão, Luiz E O C ^a,b   Poulter, Benjamin ^c   Barlow, Jos B ^d,e   Anderson, Liana O ^b,f   Malhi, Yadvinder ^f   Saatchi, Sassan ^g   Phillips, Oliver L ^h   Gloor, Emanuel ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c DIF   (France)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Climate; Deforestation; Drought; Fire; Recovery; Secondary forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; METABOLISM; PLANT;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORESTS; PLANTS;

EID: 84925247255     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12088     Document Type: Article

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