Amazonia and global change / / Michael Keller ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : American Geophysical Union, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (576 p.)
• Disciplina: 577.34/1409811
• Soggetto topico: Rain forest ecology - Amazon River Region; Biosphere - Research - Amazon River Region; Climatic changes - Amazon River Region
• Soggetto geografico: Amazon River Region Climate
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title 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 ; Section 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 ; Modeling 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 ; Changes 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 ; Effects 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Published 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Amazonia and global change
• ISBN: 1-118-67034-5; 1-118-67236-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877244903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Geophysical monograph ; ; 186.