Long-term potential for tropical-forest degradation due to deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract: Biome models of the global climate-vegetation relationships indicate that most of the Brazilian Amazon has potential for being covered by tropical forests. From current land-use processes observed in the region, however, substantial deforestation and fire activity have been verified in large portions of the region, particularly along the Arc of Deforestation. In a first attempt to evaluate the long-term potential for tropical-forest degradation due to deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon, we analysed large-scale data on fire activity and climate factors that drive the distribution of tropical forests in the region. The initial analyses and results from this study lead to important details on the relations between these quantities and have important implications for building future parameterizations of the vulnerability of tropical forests in the region.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Long-term potential for tropical-forest degradation due to deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon ; volume:64 ; number:3 ; year:2009 ; pages:433-437 ; extent:5 ; Biologia ; 64, Heft 3 (2009), 433-437 (gesamt 5)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Cardoso, Manoel ; Nobre, Carlos ; Sampaio, Gilvan ; Hirota, Marina ; Valeriano, Dalton ; Câmara, Gilberto

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0076-9
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409221625278.144229442633
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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