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The Amazon basin in transition by Davidson, Eric A., de Araújo, Alessandro C., Artaxo, Paulo, Balch, Jennifer K., Brown, I. Foster, C. Bustamante, Mercedes M., Coe, Michael T., DeFries, Ruth S., Keller, Michael, Longo, Marcos, Munger, J. William, Schroeder, Wilfrid, Soares-Filho, Britaldo S., Souza, Carlos M., Wofsy, Steven C.

“…A synthesis of recent research shows that the effects of human actions have already altered the regional hydrology and energy balance of parts of the Amazon…”
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The Drought of Amazonia in 2005 by Marengo, José A., Nobre, Carlos A., Tomasella, Javier, Oyama, Marcos D., de Oliveira, Gilvan Sampaio, de Oliveira, Rafael, Camargo, Helio, Alves, Lincoln M., Brown, I. Foster

“…In 2005, large sections of southwestern Amazonia experienced one of the most intense droughts of the last hundred years. The drought severely affected human…”
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Drought-induced Amazonian wildfires instigate a decadal-scale disruption of forest carbon dynamics by Silva, Camila V. J., Aragão, Luiz E. O. C., Barlow, Jos, Espirito-Santo, Fernando, Young, Paul J., Anderson, Liana O., Berenguer, Erika, Brasil, Izaias, Foster Brown, I., Castro, Bruno, Farias, Renato, Ferreira, Joice, França, Filipe, Graça, Paulo M. L. A., Kirsten, Letícia, Lopes, Aline P., Salimon, Cleber, Scaranello, Marcos Augusto, Seixas, Marina, Souza, Fernanda C., Xaud, Haron A. M.

“…Drought-induced wildfires have increased in frequency and extent over the tropics. Yet, the long-term (greater than 10 years) responses of Amazonian lowland…”
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The contributions of transboundary networks to environmental governance: The legacy of the MAP initiative by Perz, Stephen, Rioja Ballivián, Guillermo, Foster Brown, I., Frias, Miroslava, Mendoza, Elsa, Muñante, Armando, Perales, Mercedes, Reis, Vera, Reyes, Juan Fernando

“…Because many environmental threats span national boundaries, transboundary networks have emerged as a form of multi-stakeholder platform to support…”
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The effects of climate change variability on rural livelihoods in Madre de Dios, Peru by Chavez Michaelsen, Andrea, Huamani Briceño, Leticia, Vilchez Baldeon, Hector, Perz, Stephen G., Quaedvlieg, Julia, Rojas, Rafael O., Brown, I. Foster, Pinedo Mora, Raul

“…Studies of the effects of droughts and fires on the livelihoods of resource-dependent rural smallholders have been reported for the Brazilian Amazon, but less…”
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Forest Structure and Carbon Dynamics in Amazonian Tropical Rain Forests by Vieira, Simone, de Camargo, Plinio Barbosa, Selhorst, Diogo, da Silva, Roseana, Hutyra, Lucy, Chambers, Jeffrey Q., Brown, I. Foster, Higuchi, Niro, Santos, Joaquim dos, Wofsy, Steven C., Trumbore, Susan E., Martinelli, Luiz Antonio

“…Living trees constitute one of the major stocks of carbon in tropical forests. A better understanding of variations in the dynamics and structure of tropical…”
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Revisiting the knowledge exchange train: scaling up dialogue and partnering for participatory regional planning by Mendoza, Elsa R.H., Perz, Stephen G., Souza da Silva, Sonaira, Brown, I. Foster, Pinheiro, Paula Soares

“…In an integrated world, knowledge exchange is becoming more important for empowerment to participate in planning processes. This is particularly the case in…”
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Markedly divergent estimates of Amazon forest carbon density from ground plots and satellites by Mitchard, Edward T. A, Feldpausch, Ted R, Brienen, Roel J. W, Lopez‐Gonzalez, Gabriela, Monteagudo, Abel, Baker, Timothy R, Lewis, Simon L, Lloyd, Jon, Quesada, Carlos A, Gloor, Manuel, Steege, Hans, Meir, Patrick, Alvarez, Esteban, Araujo‐Murakami, Alejandro, Aragão, Luiz E. O. C, Arroyo, Luzmila, Aymard, Gerardo, Banki, Olaf, Bonal, Damien, Brown, Sandra, Brown, Foster I, Cerón, Carlos E, Chama Moscoso, Victor, Chave, Jerome, Comiskey, James A, Cornejo, Fernando, Corrales Medina, Massiel, Da Costa, Lola, Costa, Flavia R. C, Di Fiore, Anthony, Domingues, Tomas F, Erwin, Terry L, Frederickson, Todd, Higuchi, Niro, Honorio Coronado, Euridice N, Killeen, Tim J, Laurance, William F, Levis, Carolina, Magnusson, William E, Marimon, Beatriz S, Marimon Junior, Ben Hur, Mendoza Polo, Irina, Mishra, Piyush, Nascimento, Marcelo T, Neill, David, Núñez Vargas, Mario P, Palacios, Walter A, Parada, Alexander, Pardo Molina, Guido, Peña‐Claros, Marielos, Pitman, Nigel, Peres, Carlos A, Poorter, Lourens, Prieto, Adriana, Ramirez‐Angulo, Hirma, Restrepo Correa, Zorayda, Roopsind, Anand, Roucoux, Katherine H, Rudas, Agustin, Salomão, Rafael P, Schietti, Juliana, Silveira, Marcos, Souza, Priscila F, Steininger, Marc K, Stropp, Juliana, Terborgh, John, Thomas, Raquel, Toledo, Marisol, Torres‐Lezama, Armando, Andel, Tinde R, Heijden, Geertje M. F, Vieira, Ima C. G, Vieira, Simone, Vilanova‐Torre, Emilio, Vos, Vincent A, Wang, Ophelia, Zartman, Charles E, Malhi, Yadvinder, Phillips, Oliver L

“…AIM: The accurate mapping of forest carbon stocks is essential for understanding the global carbon cycle, for assessing emissions from deforestation, and for…”
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Regional Deforestation Trends within Local Realities: Land-Cover Change in Southeastern Peru 1996–2011 by Chávez Michaelsen, Andrea, Huamani Briceño, Leticia, Fernandez Menis, Ronny, Bejar Chura, Nemin, Valera Tito, Frank, Perz, Stephen, Brown, I., Domínguez Del Aguila, Sandro, Pinedo Mora, Raúl, Alarcón Aguirre, Gabriel

“…Estimating deforested areas and deforestation rates have become key steps for quantifying environmental services of tropical rain forests, particularly as…”
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Estimating state-wide biomass carbon stocks for a REDD plan in Acre, Brazil by Salimon, Cleber I., Putz, Francis E., Menezes-Filho, L., Anderson, Anthony, Silveira, Marcos, Brown, I. Foster, Oliveira, L.C.

“…► Regional carbon stocks are important for REDD plans. ► Stocks were estimated by multiplying aboveground biomass by land-cover area . ► Average biomass was…”
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Crossing boundaries for environmental science and management: combining interdisciplinary, interorganizational and international collaboration by PERZ, STEPHEN G., BRILHANTE, SILVIA, BROWN, I. FOSTER, MICHAELSEN, ANDREA CHAVEZ, MENDOZA, ELSA, PASSOS, VERONICA, PINEDO, RAUL, REYES, JUAN FERNANDO, ROJAS, DANIEL, SELAYA, GALIA

“…Literature on environmental science and management endorses crossing boundaries between disciplines, types of organizations and countries for environmental…”
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Learning to Question: The Roles of Multiple Hypotheses, Successive Approximations, Balloons and Toilet Paper in University Science Programs of Southwestern Amazonia by Brown, I. Foster

“…Learning to question is essential for determining pathways of conservation and development in southwestern Amazonia during a time of rapid global environmental…”
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The 'Knowledge Exchange Train': a model for capacity building for participatory governance in the south-western Amazon by Mendoza, Elsa, Perz, Stephen, Aguilar, César, et al

“…National frontiers with ecosystems experiencing rapid changes pose difficult challenges for scientific contributions to democratic processes for environmental…”
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To improve estimates of neotropical forest carbon stocks more direct measurements are needed: An example from the Southwestern Amazon by Melo, Antonio Willian Flores de, Lima, Adriano José Nogueira, d’Oliveira, Marcus Vinicio Neves, dos Santos, Joaquim, Brown, I. Foster, do Amaral, Eufran Ferreira, Silva, Sonaira Souza da, Oliveira, Igor, de Camargo, Plínio Barbosa, Higuchi, Niro

“…Tropical forests play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, storing 40–55 % of terrestrial plant carbon and significantly contributing to primary…”
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Drought-induced Amazonian wildfires instigate a decadal-scale disruption of forest carbon dynamics by Silva, Camila V. J., Aragão, Luiz E. O. C., Barlow, Jos, Espirito-Santo, Fernando, Young, Paul J., Anderson, Liana O., Berenguer, Erika, Brasil, Izaias, Brown, I. Foster, Castro, Bruno, Farias, Renato, Ferreira, Joice, França, Filipe, Graça, Paulo M. L. A., Kirsten, Letícia, Lopes, Aline P., Salimon, Cleber, Scaranello, Marcos Augusto, Seixas, Marina, Souza, Fernanda C., Xaud, Haron A. M.

“…Drought-induced wildfires have increased in frequency and extent over the tropics. Yet, the long-term (greater than 10 years) responses of Amazonian lowland…”
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Correction: Corrigendum: The Amazon basin in transition by Davidson, Eric A., de Araújo, Alessandro C., Artaxo, Paulo, Balch, Jennifer K., Brown, I. Foster, Bustamante, Mercedes M. C., Coe, Michael T., DeFries, Ruth S., Keller, Michael, Longo, Marcos, Munger, J. William, Schroeder, Wilfrid, Soares-Filho, Britaldo S., Souza, Carlos M., Wofsy, Steven C.

“…Nature 481, 321–328 (2012) In the ‘Natural and anthropogenic climatic variation’ section of this Review, we incorrectly referred to the North Atlantic…”
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Erratum: Corrigendum: The Amazon basin in transition by Davidson, Eric A., de Araújo, Alessandro C., Artaxo, Paulo, Balch, Jennifer K., Brown, I. Foster, Bustamante, Mercedes M. C., Coe, Michael T., DeFries, Ruth S., Keller, Michael, Longo, Marcos, Munger, J. William, Schroeder, Wilfrid, Soares-Filho, Britaldo S., Souza, Carlos M., Wofsy, Steven C.

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Crossing boundaries for environmental science and management: combining interdisciplinary, interorganizational and international collaboration: Interdisciplinary Progress in Environmental Science and Management by PERZ, Stephen G, BRILHANTE, Silvia, BROWN, I. Foster, CHAVEZ MICHAELSEN, Andrea, MENDOZA, Elsa, PASSOS, Veronica, PINEDO, Raul, REYES, Juan Fernando, ROJAS, Daniel, SELAYA, Galia

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Uncertainty in the biomass of Amazonian forests: An example from Rondônia, Brazil by Brown, I.Foster, Martinelli, Luiz A., Thomas, W.Wayt, Moreira, Marcelo Z., Cid Ferreira, C.A., Victoria, Reynaldo A.

“…A critical factor in estimating the contribution of tropical deforestation to nutrient mobilization and to CO 2 build-up in the atmosphere is the amount of…”
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Defraying Judgement by Brown, I. Foster

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