The Guiana Shield rainforests—overlooked guardians of South American climate

Tropical forests are global climate regulators through their interaction with hydrological and biogeochemical cycles. Despite extensive research on deforestation in South America and its global impact, the role of the largely intact Guiana Shield forests, north of the Amazon, has not yet been consid...

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Main Authors: C Isabella Bovolo, Thomas Wagner, Geoff Parkin, David Hein-Griggs, Ryan Pereira, Richard Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aacf60