Assessment of the risk of Amazon dieback /

Assessment of the risk of Amazon dieback / Edited by Walter Vergara and Sebastian Scholz. - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2011. - xiv, 95 p. : col. ill. ; maps. ; 26 cm. - World Bank study . - World Bank study. .

Includes bibliographical references

Modeling future climate in the Amazon using the Earth Simulator -- Assessment of future rainfall over the Amazon basin -- Analysis of Amazon forest response to climate change -- Interplay of climate impacts and deforestation in the Amazon.

9780821386217 9780821386224 (eISBN)

2010039311


Forest microclimatology--Computer simulation.--Amazon River Region
Climatic changes--Forecasting--Computer simulation.--Amazon River Region
Forest biomass--Carbon content--Computer simulation.--Amazon River Region
Rain forest plants--Climatic factors--Computer simulation.--Amazon River Region
Deforestation--Computer simulation.--Amazon River Region

SD390.6.A48 / V47 2011

333.751409811 / ASS

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