Chapter 24: Resilience of the Amazon forest to global changes: Assessing the risk of tipping points
Marina Hirota, Bernardo M. Flores, Richard Betts, Laura S. Borma, Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert, Catarina C. Jakovac, David M. Lapola, Encarni Montoya, Rafael S. Oliveira, Boris Sakschewski
Abstract
This chapter reviews and discusses existing evidence of ongoing changes in the Amazon forest system that may lead to resilience loss and the potential to cross tipping points in which the ecosystem may shift either gradually or abruptly to a persistent, environmentally degraded configuration.
Topics & Concepts
Amazon rainforestResilience (materials science)Tipping point (physics)EcosystemEnvironmental resource managementNatural resource economicsGeographyEnvironmental scienceEcologyEconomicsBiologyEngineeringPhysicsElectrical engineeringThermodynamicsConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management