People and Environment in Amazonia: the LBA Experience and Other Perspectives

Michael Batistella; D S Alves; E F Moran; C Souza Jr.; R Walker; Stephen J Walsh

doi:10.1029/2009GM000883

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People and Environment in Amazonia: the LBA Experience and Other Perspectives

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People and Environment in Amazonia: the LBA Experience and Other Perspectives

Michael Batistella, D S Alves, E F Moran, C Souza Jr., R Walker and Stephen J Walsh

Amazonia and Global Change, pp.1-9

Geophysical Monograph Series, American Geophysical Union

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GM000883

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Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience

Human Geography

rainforest ecology

Amazon River region

biosphere

climate change

climate

Amazonia and Global Change synthesizes results of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) for scientists and students of Earth system science and global environmental change. LBA, led by Brazil, asks how Amazonia currently functions in the global climate and biogeochemical systems and how the functioning of Amazonia will respond to the combined pressures of climate and land use change, such as: wet season and dry season aerosol concentrations, and their effects on diffuse radiation and photosynthesis; increasing greenhouse gas concentration, deforestation, widespread biomass burning and changes in the Amazonian water cycle; drought effects and simulated drought through rainfall exclusion experiments; the net flux of carbon between Amazonia and the atmosphere; floodplains as an important regulator of the basin carbon balance including serving as a major source of methane to the troposphere; and the impact of the likely increased profitability of cattle ranching. This book will serve a broad community of scientists and policy makers interested in global change and environmental issues with high-quality scientific syntheses accessible to nonspecialists in a wide community of social scientists, ecologists, atmospheric chemists, climatologists, and hydrologists. [Book Synopsis]

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Title: People and Environment in Amazonia: the LBA Experience and Other Perspectives
Authors: Michael Batistella (Author) - ESMB
D S Alves (Author) - National Institute for Space Research
E F Moran (Author) - Indiana University
C Souza Jr. (Author) - Imazon
R Walker (Author) - Michigan State University
Stephen J Walsh (Author) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Contributors: Michael Keller (Editor)
Michael Bustamante (Editor)
John Gash (Editor)
Pedro Silva Dias (Editor)
Publication details: Amazonia and Global Change, pp.1-9
Series: Geophysical Monograph Series
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Date published: 2009
DOI: 10.1029/2009GM000883
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450192602621
Output Type: Book chapter

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