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The prospect of accelerated global warming and the large-scale conversion of natural vegetation to agricultural land in the Amazon basin was the driving motive for the establishment of the Large-scale Biosphere–Atmosphere (LBA) experiment in 1998. The aim of this research programme, in collaboration with many others, has been to tackle the uncertainties with regard to the integrated effects of natural and man-made phenomena on the biophysical environment and, in turn, its feedback for land use/policy decisions. We provide an overview of the main issues treated in this book.
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Nagy, L., Artaxo, P., Forsberg, B.R. (2016). Interactions Between Biosphere, Atmosphere, and Human Land Use in the Amazon Basin: An Introduction. In: Nagy, L., Forsberg, B., Artaxo, P. (eds) Interactions Between Biosphere, Atmosphere and Human Land Use in the Amazon Basin. Ecological Studies, vol 227. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49902-3_1
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