The Effects of Drought on Amazonian Rain Forests

Amazonia and Global Change

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 429-449

  Meir, Pedro ^a   Brando, P M ^b,c,d   Nepstad, D ^e   Vasconcelos, S ^f   Costa, A C L ^g   Davidson, E ^d   Almeida, S ^h   Fisher, R A ⁱ   Sotta, E D ^j   Zarin, D ^b   Cardinot, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e GORDON AND BETTY MOORE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^h MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

ⁱ LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Amazon River Region Climate; Biosphere Research Amazon River Region; Climatic changes Amazon River Region; Rain forest ecology Amazon River Region

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; RAIN; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE;

AMAZON RAIN FOREST; AMAZON RIVER; AMAZONIAN FORESTS; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; MOISTURE REDUCTION; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; THROUGHFALL EXCLUSION;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84951287560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000718     Document Type: Chapter

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