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Greenhouse gas emissions from alternative futures of deforestation and agricultural management in the southern Amazon [1]

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The Brazilian Amazon is one of the most rapidly developing agricultural areas in the world and represents a potentially large future source of greenhouse gases from land clearing and subsequent agricultural management. In an integrated approach, we estimate the greenhouse gas dynamics of natural ecosystems and agricultural ecosystems after clearing in the context of a future climate.

Publication Date: 
15/11/2010
Jerry M. Melillo [2], Gillian L. Galford [3], David W. Kicklighter & et al [4]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [5]
107
46
19649
Tags:
Deforestation [6], Agriculture [7], Green House Gases [8], Brazil [9], Amazon [10], Land Use [11], Ecosystems [12], Carbon Sequestration [13], Climate Change [14]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gillian-l-galford
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