Amazon Forests Green-Up During 2005 Drought

S. R. Saleska; Kamel Didan; Alfredo Huete; Humberto Ribeiro da Rocha

doi:10.1126/science.1146663

Abstract

Coupled climate-carbon cycle models suggest that Amazon forests are vulnerable to both long- and short-term droughts, but satellite observations showed a large-scale photosynthetic green-up in intact evergreen forests of the Amazon in response to a short, intense drought in 2005. These findings suggest that Amazon forests, although threatened by human-caused deforestation and fire and possibly by more severe long-term droughts, may be more resilient to climate changes than ecosystem models assume.

Keywords

Amazon rainforestEvergreenDeforestation (computer science)Threatened speciesClimate changeEcosystemEnvironmental scienceAmazon basinCarbon cycleGeographyAgroforestryEcologyBiology

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 318
Issue: 5850
Pages: 612-612
Citations: 606
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                                    S. R. Saleska, 
                                
                                    Kamel Didan, 
                                
                                    Alfredo Huete
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            Amazon Forests Green-Up During 2005 Drought. 
                            Science
                            , 318
                            (5850)
                            , 612-612.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1146663
                        

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DOI: 10.1126/science.1146663