Amazonia and Global Change

Herausgeber: Keller, Michael; Dias, Pedro Silva; Gash, John; Bustamante, Mercedes

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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 186

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• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 565
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 224mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1792g
• ISBN-13: 9780875904764
• ISBN-10: 0875904769
• Artikelnr.: 53303916

Autorenporträt

Michael Keller is the author of Amazonia and Global Change, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface John Gash
Michael Keller
Mercedes Bustamante
and Pedro Silva Dias ix Section I: People and Land Change People and Environment in Amazonia: The LBA Experience and Other Perspectives M. Batistella
D. S. Alves
E. F. Moran
C. Souza Jr.
R. Walker
and S. Walsh 1 The Changing Rates and Patterns of Deforestation and Land Use in Brazilian Amazonia Diogenes S. Alves
Douglas C. Morton
Mateus Batistella
Dar A. Roberts
and Carlos Souza Jr 11 Selective Logging and Its Relation to Deforestation Gregory P. Asner
Michael Keller
Marco Lentini
Frank Merry
and Carlos Souza Jr 25 The Spatial Distribution and Interannual Variability of Fire in Amazonia Wilfrid Schroeder
Ane Alencar
Eugenio Arima
and Alberto Setzer 43 The Expansion of Intensive Agriculture and Ranching in Brazilian Amazonia Robert Walker
Ruth DeFries
Maria del Carmen Vera-Diaz
Yosio Shimabukuro
and Adriano Venturieri 61 Scenarios of Future Amazonian Landscapes: Econometric and Dynamic Simulation Models Stephen Perz
Joseph P. Messina
Eustaquio Reis
Robert Walker
and Stephen J. Walsh 83 Road Impacts in Brazilian Amazonia Alexander Pfaff
Alisson Barbieri
Thomas Ludewigs
Frank Merry
Stephen Perz
and Eustaquio Reis 101 Small Farmers and Deforestation in Amazonia Eduardo S. Brondízio
Anthony Cak
Marcellus M. Caldas
Carlos Mena
Richard Bilsborrow
Celia T. Futemma
Thomas Ludewigs
Emilio F. Moran
and Mateus Batistella 117 Section II: Atmosphere and Climate Understanding the Climate of Amazonia: Progress From LBA Carlos A. Nobre
José A. Marengo
and Paulo Artaxo 145 Characteristics of Amazonian Climate: Main Features Carlos A. Nobre
Guillermo O. Obregón
José A. Marengo
Rong Fu
and German Poveda 149 The Amazonian Boundary Layer and Mesoscale Circulations A. K. Betts
G. Fisch
C. von Randow
M. A. F. Silva Dias
J. C. P. Cohen
R. da Silva
and D. R. Fitzjarrald 163 Natural Volatile Organic Compound Emissions From Plants and Their Roles in Oxidant Balance and Particle Formation Jürgen Kesselmeier
Alex Guenther
Thorsten Hoffmann
Maria Teresa Piedade
and Jörg Warnke 183 Biomass Burning in Amazonia: Emissions
Long-Range Transport of Smoke and Its Regional and Remote Impacts K. M. Longo
S. R. Freitas
M. O. Andreae
R. Yokelson
and P. Artaxo 207 Aerosol Particles in Amazonia: Their Composition
Role in the Radiation Balance
Cloud Formation
and Nutrient Cycles Paulo Artaxo
Luciana V. Rizzo
Melina Paixão
Silvia de Lucca
Paulo H. Oliveira
Luciene L. Lara
Kenia T. Wiedemann
Meinrat O. Andreae
Brent Holben
Joel Schafer
Alexandre L. Correia
and Theotônio M. Pauliquevis 233 Modeling the Regional and Remote Climatic Impact of Deforestation M. A. Silva Dias
R. Avissar
and P. Silva Dias 251 Evapotranspiration Humberto R. da Rocha
Antonio O. Manzi
and Jim Shuttleworth 261 Global Warming and Climate Change in Amazonia: Climate-Vegetation Feedback and Impacts on Water Resources José Marengo
Carlos A. Nobre
Richard A. Betts
Peter M. Cox
Gilvan Sampaio
and Luis Salazar 273 Section III: Terrestrial Ecosystems Biogeochemistry and Ecology of Terrestrial Ecosystems of Amazonia Yadvinder Malhi and Eric A. Davidson 293 Nutrient Limitations to Secondary Forest Regrowth Eric A. Davidson and Luiz A. Martinelli 299 The Maintenance of Soil Fertility in Amazonian Managed Systems Flávio J. Luizão
Philip M. Fearnside
Carlos E. P. Cerri
and Johannes Lehmann 311 Sources and Sinks of Trace Gases in Amazonia and the Cerrado M. M. C. Bustamante
M. Keller
and D. A. Silva 337 The Production
Storage
and Flow of Carbon in Amazonian Forests Yadvinder Malhi
Sassan Saatchi
Cecile Girardin
and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão 355 Changes in Amazonian Forest Biomass
Dynamics
and Composition
1980-2002 Oliver L. Phillips
Niro Higuchi
Simone Vieira
Timothy R. Baker
Kuo-Jung Chao
and Simon L. Lewis 373 Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes and Amazonian Forest Metabolism Scott Saleska
Humberto da Rocha
Bart Kruijt
and Antonio Nobre 389 The Regional Carbon Budget R. A. Houghton
Manuel Gloor
Jon Lloyd
and Christopher Potter 409 The Effects of Drought on Amazonian Rain Forests P. Meir
P. M. Brando
D. Nepstad
S. Vasconcelos
A. C. L. Costa
E. Davidson
S. Almeida
R. A. Fisher
E. D. Sotta
D. Zarin
and G. Cardinot 429 Soil Carbon Dynamics Susan Trumbore and Plínio Barbosa de Camargo 451 Ecophysiology of Forest and Savanna Vegetation J. Lloyd
M. L. Goulden
J. P. Ometto
S. Patiño
N. M. Fyllas
and C. A. Quesada 463 Section IV: Surface Water Surface Waters in Amazonia: Key Findings and Perspectives John M. Melack
Reynaldo L. Victoria
and Javier Tomasella 485 The Role of Rivers in the Regional Carbon Balance Jeffrey E. Richey
Alex V. Krusche
Mark S. Johnson
Hillandia B. da Cunha
and Maria V. Ballester 489 Water and Chemical Budgets at the Catchment Scale Including Nutrient Exports From Intact Forests and Disturbed Landscapes Javier Tomasella
Christopher Neill
Ricardo Figueiredo
and Antonio D. Nobre 505 Floodplain Ecosystem Processes John M. Melack
Evlyn M. L. M. Novo
Bruce R. Forsberg
Maria T. F. Piedade
and Laurence Maurice 525 Effects of Climatic Variability and Deforestation on Surface Water Regimes Marcos Heil Costa
Michael T. Coe
and Jean Loup Guyot 543 Section V: Conclusions and Vision for the Future Results From LBA and a Vision for Future Amazonian Research M. Batistella
P. Artaxo
C. Nobre
M. Bustamante
and F. Luizão 555 Index 565