LEADER 04796nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910877244903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-118-67034-5 010 $a1-118-67236-4 035 $a(CKB)3450000000004302 035 $a(EBL)1184226 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000859830 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11519441 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000859830 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10883060 035 $a(PQKB)10267940 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1184226 035 $a(PPN)176468331 035 $a(OCoLC)772503511 035 $a(EXLCZ)993450000000004302 100 $a20130521d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAmazonia and global change /$fMichael Keller ... [et al.] 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cAmerican Geophysical Union$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (576 p.) 225 1 $aGeophysical monograph ;$v186 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87590-476-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Contents; Preface; Section I: People and Land Change; People and Environment in Amazonia: The LBA Experience and Other Perspectives; The Changing Rates and Patterns of Deforestation and Land Use in Brazilian Amazonia; Selective Logging and Its Relation to Deforestation; The Spatial Distribution and Interannual Variability of Fire in Amazonia; The Expansion of Intensive Agriculture and Ranching in Brazilian Amazonia; Scenarios of Future Amazonian Landscapes: Econometric and Dynamic Simulation Models; Road Impacts in Brazilian Amazonia; Small Farmers and Deforestation in Amazonia 327 $aSection II: Atmosphere and ClimateUnderstanding the Climate of Amazonia: Progress From LBA; Characteristics of Amazonian Climate: Main Features; The Amazonian Boundary Layer and Mesoscale Circulations; Natural Volatile Organic Compound Emissions From Plants and Their Roles in Oxidant Balance and Particle Formation; Biomass Burning in Amazonia: Emissions, Long-Range Transport of Smoke and Its Regional and Remote Impacts; Aerosol Particles in Amazonia: Their Composition, Role in the Radiation Balance, Cloud Formation, and Nutrient Cycles 327 $aModeling the Regional and Remote Climatic Impact of DeforestationEvapotranspiration; Global Warming and Climate Change in Amazonia: Climate-Vegetation Feedback and Impacts on Water Resources; Section III: Terrestrial Ecosystems; Biogeochemistry and Ecology of Terrestrial Ecosystems of Amazonia; Nutrient Limitations to Secondary Forest Regrowth; The Maintenance of Soil Fertility in Amazonian Managed Systems; Sources and Sinks of Trace Gases in Amazonia and the Cerrado; The Production, Storage, and Flow of Carbon in Amazonian Forests 327 $aChanges in Amazonian Forest Biomass, Dynamics, and Composition, 1980-2002Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes and Amazonian Forest Metabolism; The Regional Carbon Budget; The Effects of Drought on Amazonian Rain Forests; Soil Carbon Dynamics; Ecophysiology of Forest and Savanna Vegetation; Section IV: Surface Water; Surface Waters in Amazonia: Key Findings and Perspectives; The Role of Rivers in the Regional Carbon Balance; Water and Chemical Budgets at the Catchment Scale Including Nutrient Exports From Intact Forests and Disturbed Landscapes; Floodplain Ecosystem Processes 327 $aEffects of Climatic Variability and Deforestation on Surface Water RegimesSection V: Conclusions and Vision for the Future; Results From LBA and a Vision for Future Amazonian Research; Index 330 $aPublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 186.Amazonia and Global Change synthesizes results of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) for scientists and students of Earth system science and global environmental change. LBA, led by Brazil, asks how Amazonia currently functions in the global climate and biogeochemical systems and how the functioning of Amazonia will respond to the combined pressures of climate and land use change, such asWet season and dry season aerosol concentrations and their 410 0$aGeophysical monograph ;$v186. 606 $aRain forest ecology$zAmazon River Region 606 $aBiosphere$xResearch$zAmazon River Region 606 $aClimatic changes$zAmazon River Region 607 $aAmazon River Region$xClimate 615 0$aRain forest ecology 615 0$aBiosphere$xResearch 615 0$aClimatic changes 676 $a577.34/1409811 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910877244903321 996 $aAmazonia and global change$94198306 997 $aUNINA