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Amazon; carbon; cerrado; land-use and land-cover change; LBA; nutrients; Oxisol; savanna; trace gases; tropical forest; Ultisol

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Ecological Research In The Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment In Amazonia: A Discussion Of Early Results, Michael M. Keller, Ane Alencar, Gregory P. Asner, Rob Braswell, Mercedes Bustmante, Eric A. Davidson, Ted Feldpausch, Erick Fernandes, M L. Goulden, Paval Kabat, Bart Kruijt, Flavio Luizao, Scott Miller, Daniel Markewitz, Antonio D. Nobre, Carlos Nobre, Nicolau Priante Filho, Humberto Da Rocha, Pedro Silva Dias, Celso Von Randow, George Vourlitis Aug 2004

Ecological Research In The Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment In Amazonia: A Discussion Of Early Results, Michael M. Keller, Ane Alencar, Gregory P. Asner, Rob Braswell, Mercedes Bustmante, Eric A. Davidson, Ted Feldpausch, Erick Fernandes, M L. Goulden, Paval Kabat, Bart Kruijt, Flavio Luizao, Scott Miller, Daniel Markewitz, Antonio D. Nobre, Carlos Nobre, Nicolau Priante Filho, Humberto Da Rocha, Pedro Silva Dias, Celso Von Randow, George Vourlitis

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The Large-scale Biosphere–Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) is a multinational, interdisciplinary research program led by Brazil. Ecological studies in LBA focus on how tropical forest conversion, regrowth, and selective logging influence carbon storage, nutrient dynamics, trace gas fluxes, and the prospect for sustainable land use in the Amazon region. Early results from ecological studies within LBA emphasize the variability within the vast Amazon region and the profound effects that land-use and land-cover changes are having on that landscape. The predominant land cover of the Amazon region is evergreen forest; nonetheless, LBA studies have observed strong seasonal patterns in gross primary …