Interactions Between Biosphere, Atmosphere and Human Land Use in the Amazon Basin

This book offers a panorama of recent scientific achievements produced through the framework of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere programme (LBA) and other research programmes in the Brazilian Amazon. The content is highly interdisciplinary, with an overarching aim to contribute to the understand...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Nagy, Laszlo (Editor), Forsberg, Bruce R. (Editor), Artaxo, Paulo (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Series:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 227
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:This book offers a panorama of recent scientific achievements produced through the framework of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere programme (LBA) and other research programmes in the Brazilian Amazon. The content is highly interdisciplinary, with an overarching aim to contribute to the understanding of the dynamic biophysical and societal/socio-economic structure and functioning of Amazonia as a regional entity and its regional and global climatic teleconnections. The target readership includes advanced undergraduate and post-graduate students and researchers seeking to untangle the gamut of interactions that the Amazon’s complex biophysical and social system represent.
Physical Description:X, 478 p. 87 illus., 49 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783662499023
ISSN:0070-8356 ;