Anthropogenic Landscape Changes and the Dynamics of Amazonian Forest Biomass

Start Date: 
01/01/1998
End Date: 
01/01/2001
Project Call: 
Land-Cover Land-Use Change
Science Theme: 
Detection and Monitoring of LCLUC
Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycle Impacts
Predictive Land Use Modeling
Regional Initiative: 
Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia
Region: 
Amazon Basin
South America
Solicitation: 
LBA-97
Distribution of Project Team Members Institutions
marker Principal Investigator   marker Co-Investigator   marker Collaborator   marker Postdoc Researcher   marker Graduate Student Researcher   marker Other
Team members: 
Person Name Person role on project Affiliation
William Laurance Principal Investigator National Institute for Research in the Amazon, Manaus, Brazil
Rita Mesquita Co-Investigator National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), ,
Mark Cochrane Collaborator University of Maryland , Cambridge, United States


Abstract: 

To develop a predictive model of carbon stock and their dynamics for the Amazonian forest • Collaborative research effort between Brazil’s National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and the Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian. • Use Landsat TM images of central Amazonia to classify landscape • Combination of field studies and computer modeling to estimate biomass of above ground biomass • Land-use history after forest clearing has deterministic effect on forest regeneration trajectory • Herbivores have strong negative impact on regeneration of degraded lands • Logging strategies in second growth forests enhance survival of commercially important trees • Provides baseline data for developing carbon trading with Annex 1 countries as suggested in Kyoto protocol

Project Documents

nasa_logo
LCLUC is a NASA program.
Responsible official: Garik Gutman
Website coordination: Meghavi Prashnani
Privacy     Security     Disclaimer     Accessibility

UMD Web Accessibility