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Tropical Forests and Climate

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  1. Norman Myers

    1. Headington, Oxford, UK

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Tropical Deforestation and Climatic Change: The Conceptual Background

    • Norman Myers
    Pages 1-2

  3. Tropical Forests: Present Status and Future Outlook

    • Norman Myers
    Pages 3-32

  4. A Commentary on: Tropical Forests: Present Status and Future Outlook

    • Ghillean T. Prance
    Pages 33-35

  5. Palaeoecological Background: Neotropics

    • Thomas Van Der Hammen
    Pages 37-47

  6. A Commentary on: Palaeoecological Background: Neotropics

    • Paul Colinvaux
    Pages 49-51

  7. A Synopsis of Climatic and Vegetational Change in Southeast Asia

    • Lawrence R. Heaney
    Pages 53-61

  8. A Commentary on: A Synopsis of Climatic and Vegetational Change in Southeast Asia

    • Peter H. Raven
    Pages 63-64

  9. History of Climate and Forests in Tropical Africa During the Last 8 Million Years

    • A. C. Hamilton, D. Taylor
    Pages 65-78

  10. The African Rain Forest Vegetation and Palaeoenvironments During Late Quaternary

    • Jean Maley
    Pages 79-98

  11. Tropical Deforestation and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

    • R. A. Houghton
    Pages 99-118

  12. A Commentary on: Tropical Deforestation and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

    • L. D. Danny Harvey
    Pages 119-121

  13. Tropical Deforestation: Albedo and the Surface-Energy Balance

    • John H. C. Gash, W. James Shuttleworth
    Pages 123-133

  14. A Commentary on: Tropical Deforestation: Albedo and the Surface-Energy Balance

    • Ann Henderson-Sellers
    Pages 135-137

  15. Effects of Tropical Deforestation on Global and Regional Atmospheric Chemistry

    • Michael Keller, Daniel J. Jacob, Steven C. Wofsy, Robert C. Harriss
    Pages 139-158

  16. A Commentary on: Effects of Tropical Deforestation on Global and Regional Atmospheric Chemistry

    • Peter M. Vitousek, Pamela A. Matson
    Pages 159-162

  17. Probable Impact of Deforestation on Hydrological Processes

    • V. M. Meher-Homji
    Pages 163-173

  18. A Commentary on: Probable Impact of Deforestation on Hydrological Processes

    • Robert E. Dickinson
    Pages 175-175

  19. Possible Climatic Impacts of Tropical Deforestation

    • Eneas Salati, Carlos A. Nobre
    Pages 177-196

  20. A Commentary on: Possible Climatic Impacts of Tropical Deforestation

    • P. R. Rowntree, J. Lean
    Pages 197-199
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Tropical forests affect climate, and the removal of the forests will change climate. Or not?
This book discusses basic questions on how far, if at all, tropical deforestation leads to climatic change. The question of this uncertainty is particularly addressed. One important consequence of the uncertainties of whether deforestation affects climate is how scientific findings best illuminate the policy-making process.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Headington, Oxford, UK

    Norman Myers

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tropical Forests and Climate

  • Editors: Norman Myers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3608-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1688-6Published: 30 April 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4147-0Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-3608-4Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 266

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change, Forestry, Environmental Management

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