Particularly in regions, where precipitation is limited to a few months per year only, reliable determination of the onset of the rainy season and the start of the sowing time is of crucial importance to sustainable food production. Especially since the mid-1980s, an increasing delay of onset dates
Evidence that deforestation affects the onset of the rainy season in Rondonia, Brazil
β Scribed by Butt, Nathalie; de Oliveira, Paula Afonso; Costa, Marcos Heil
- Book ID
- 119679753
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 618 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-0227
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