Land use and land cover changes and their impacts on surface-atmosphere interactions in Brazil: A systematic review

CB Caballero, A Ruhoff, T Biggs - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Major land use and land cover changes (LULCC) have taken place in Brazil, including large
scale conversion of forest to agriculture. LULCC alters surface-atmosphere interactions …

Measuring fluxes of trace gases and energy between ecosystems and the atmosphere–the state and future of the eddy covariance method

D Baldocchi - Global change biology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The application of the eddy covariance flux method to measure fluxes of trace gas and
energy between ecosystems and the atmosphere has exploded over the past 25 years. This …

Observed increase in local cooling effect of deforestation at higher latitudes

X Lee, ML Goulden, DY Hollinger, A Barr, TA Black… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Deforestation in mid-to high latitudes is hypothesized to have the potential to cool the Earth's
surface by altering biophysical processes,,. In climate models of continental-scale land …

Separation of net ecosystem exchange into assimilation and respiration using a light response curve approach: critical issues and global evaluation

G Lasslop, M Reichstein, D Papale… - Global change …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The measured net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of CO2 between the ecosystem and the
atmosphere reflects the balance between gross CO2 assimilation [gross primary production …

'Breathing'of the terrestrial biosphere: lessons learned from a global network of carbon dioxide flux measurement systems

D Baldocchi - Australian Journal of Botany, 2008 - CSIRO Publishing
Published eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) exchange between
vegetation and the atmosphere from a global network are distilled, synthesised and …

Amazon rainforests green‐up with sunlight in dry season

AR Huete, K Didan, YE Shimabukuro… - Geophysical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Metabolism and phenology of Amazon rainforests significantly influence global dynamics of
climate, carbon and water, but remain poorly understood. We analyzed Amazon vegetation …

What drives the seasonality of photosynthesis across the Amazon basin? A cross-site analysis of eddy flux tower measurements from the Brasil flux network

N Restrepo-Coupe, HR da Rocha, LR Hutyra… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2013 - Elsevier
We investigated the seasonal patterns of Amazonian forest photosynthetic activity, and the
effects thereon of variations in climate and land-use, by integrating data from a network of …

Transformation of Brazil's biomes: The dynamics and fate of agriculture and pasture expansion into native vegetation

CB Caballero, TW Biggs, N Vergopolan… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Land use and cover change (LUCC) in Brazil encompass a complex interplay of diverse
factors across different biomes. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for informed …

Amazonia and the modern carbon cycle: lessons learned

JPHB Ometto, AD Nobre, HR Rocha, P Artaxo… - Oecologia, 2005 - Springer
In this paper, we review some critical issues regarding carbon cycling in Amazonia, as
revealed by several studies conducted in the Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere …

Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen storage as affected by land use in a small watershed of the Loess Plateau, China

C Zhang, G Liu, S Xue, C Sun - European Journal of Soil Biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is an important component of agricultural soil. Understanding the
storage of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) helps us understand how ecosystems would respond …