Detecting deforestation impacts in Southern Amazonia rainfall using rain gauges
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DOI: 10.1002/joc.4886
Abstract: During the last decades, several climate-modelling studies have forecasted a decrease in precipitation in Southern Amazonia, projecting scenarios of a drier Amazon for the future in relation with deforestation (or forest cover). In this area,… read more here.
Keywords: southern amazonia; forest cover; precipitation; cover ... See more keywords
Leaf functional traits and monodominance in Southern Amazonia tropical forests
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DOI: 10.1007/s11258-021-01201-w
Abstract: Tropical monodominant forests are rare communities with low tree species diversity. Species monodominance is not the product of a single mechanism, but the result of a set of not yet fully understood integrated ecological factors… read more here.
Keywords: leaf functional; monodominance southern; functional traits; southern amazonia ... See more keywords
Cattle production in Southern Amazonia: implications for land and water management
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DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab30a7
Abstract: The expansion of cattle in central western Brazil has been under scrutiny because of the region's historic reliance on Amazon and Cerrado deforestation for cropland and pastureland expansion. In this study, we determined the volumetric… read more here.
Keywords: management; water; cattle production; southern amazonia ... See more keywords