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Deforestation reduces rainfall and agricultural revenues in the Brazilian Amazon

Deforestation in the Amazon region has suggested to influence precipitation in a non-linear way. Here, the authors show that forest loss is associated with decreasing precipitation after a scale-dependent threshold is crossed, which can cause stress on agriculture if deforestation is expanded.

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Hauptverfasser: Argemiro Teixeira Leite-Filho, Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho, Juliana Leroy Davis, Gabriel Medeiros Abrahão, Jan Börner
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01
Schriftenreihe:Nature Communications
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Online-Zugang:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22840-7
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