Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia

Authors :: Doughty, Christopher E.
Metcalfe, D.B.
Girardin, C.A.J.
Amezquita, F. Farfan
Cabrera, D. Galiano
Huasco, W. Huaraca
Silva-Espejo, J.E.
Araujo-Murakami, A.
da Costa, M.C.
Rocha, W.
Feldpausch, T.R.
Mendoza, A.L.M.
da Costa, A.C.L.
Meir, P.
Phillips, O.L.
Malhi, Y.
Source :: Nature. March 5, 2015, p78, 17 p.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: In 2005 and 2010 the Amazon basin experienced two strong droughts (1), driven by shifts in the tropical hydrological regime (2) possibly associated with global climate change (3), as predicted [...]

Subjects :: Forest ecology -- Analysis
Droughts -- Influence -- Amazon River region
Forest dynamics -- Analysis
Environmental issues
Science and technology
Zoology and wildlife conservation

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