The Geophysiology of Amazonia : vegetation and climate interactions
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The Geophysiology of Amazonia : vegetation and climate interactions
（Wiley series in climate and the biosphere）
Wiley for the United Nations University, c1987
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Results of the International Conference on Climatic, Biotic, and Human Interactions in the Humid Tropics with Emphasis on the Vegetation and Climate Interactions in Amazonia, convened by the United Nations University at the Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais in São José dos Campos, Brazil, Feb. 25-Mar. 1, 1985
Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
This book looks at the most important processes linking climate and vegetation in the tropics in general and in the Amazon in particular. Through individual reviews by some of the world's leading scientists, it covers such subjects as modeling tropical meteorology and climate, tropical microclimatology, connections of vegetation to climate, and impacts of tropical deforestation on regional and global climate. Editorial summaries integrate this material into an overall perspective. Also featured is an essay on protecting the global environment by James Lovelock.
Table of Contents
- I. Climate, Vegetation, and Human Interactions in the Amazon
- 1. Introduction to Vegetation and Climate Interactions in the Humid Tropics
- Robert E. Dickinson
- 2. Geophysiology: A New Look at Earth Science
- James E. Lovelock
- 3. Climate, Natural Vegetation, and Soils in Amazonia: An Overview
- Jesus Marden dos Santos
- Comments by Robert E. Dickinson
- 4. Causes of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
- Philip M. Fearnside
- Comments by Roger Revelle
- Reply to comments by Philip M. Fearnside
- 5. Dam Building in the Tropics: Some Environmental and Social Consequences
- Peter Bunyard
- 6. Species Diversity, Phenology, Plant-Animal Interactions, and Their Correlation with Climate, as Illustrated by the Brazil Nut Family (Lecythidaceae)
- Scott A. Mori and Ghillean T. Prance
- 7. Climate Change in the Humid Tropics, Especially Amazonia, Over the Last Twenty Thousand Years
- Robert E. Dickinson and Hassan Virji
- II. Biogeochemical Cycles in the Tropics
- 8. Role of the Tropics in Atmospheric Chemistry
- Paul J. Crutzen
- Comments by Steven C. Wofsy
- 9. Contribution of Tropical Ecosystems to the Global Budgets of Trace Gases, Especially CH4, H2, CO, and N2O
- Wolfgang Seiler and Ralf Conrad
- Comments by Ralph J. Cicerone
- 10. Influence of a Tropical Forest on Air Chemistry
- Robert C. Harriss
- 11. Biological Processes and Productivity of Soils in the Humid Tropics
- Patrick Lavelle
- Comments by Rattan Lal
- 12. Effects of Deforestation on Soil Properties and Microclimate of a High Rain Forest in Southern Nigeria
- B. S. Ghuman and Rattan Lal
- 13. Element Cycling in the Amazon Basin: A Riverine Perspective
- Jeffrey E. Richey and Maria de Nazar? Go?s Ribeiro
- III. Climate, Micrometeorology, and the Hydrological Cycle in the Moist Tropics
- 14. Micrometeorology of an Amazonian Rain Forest
- Luiz C. B. Molion
- Comments by William E. Reifsnyder
- 15. The Forest and the Hydrological Cycle
- Eneas Salati
- Comments by John C. Rodda
- 16. Modeling Effects of Vegetation on Climate
- Piers J. Sellers
- Comments by Keith G. McNaughton
- Reply to Comments by Piers J. Sellers
- IV. Tropical Climate and General Circulation: Its Susceptibility to Human Intervention
- 17. Interactions Between Convective and Large-Scale Motions Over Amazonia
- Jan Paegle
- Comments by John M. Wallace
- 18. On the Dynamic Climatology of the Amazon Basin and Associated Rain-Producing Mechanisms
- Luiz C. B. Molion
- 19. General Circulation Modeling and the Tropics
- Jagadish Shukla
- Comments by James E. Hansen
- 20. Effects of Change in Land Use on Climate in the Humid Tropics
- Ann Henderson-Sellers
- Comments by John S. Perry
- V. Conference Discussions and Future Development: Scenario Workshop
- Foreword to the Conference
- Nelson de Jesus Parada
- The Conference
- Scenario Workshop and Recommendations
- Appendix
- Index.
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