Scenarios of Future Amazonian Landscapes: Econometric and Dynamic Simulation Models

Stephen Perz; Joseph P Messina; Eustaquio Reis; Robert Walker; Stephen J Walsh

doi:10.1029/2008GM000735

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Scenarios of Future Amazonian Landscapes: Econometric and Dynamic Simulation Models

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Scenarios of Future Amazonian Landscapes: Econometric and Dynamic Simulation Models

Stephen Perz, Joseph P Messina, Eustaquio Reis, Robert Walker and Stephen J Walsh

Amazonia and Global Change, pp.83-100

American Geophysical Union

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GM000735

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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: Scenarios of Future Amazonian Landscapes: Econometric and Dynamic Simulation Models
Authors: Stephen Perz (Author) - University of Florida Gainesville, United States
Joseph P Messina (Author) - University of Florida Gainesville, United States
Eustaquio Reis (Author) - University of Florida Gainesville, United States
Robert Walker (Author) - University of Florida Gainesville, United States
Stephen J Walsh (Author) - University of Florida Gainesville, United States
Contributors: Michael Keller (Editor)
Michael Bustamante (Editor)
John Gash (Editor)
Pedro Silva Dias (Editor)
Publication details: Amazonia and Global Change, pp.83-100
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Date published: 2009
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000735
ISBN: 9780875904764
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449480602621
Output Type: Book chapter

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