Documento de divulgação do Projeto “Seca-Floresta”, que propõe avaliar, por meio de uma abordagem experimental, a resposta da vegetação florestal a uma seca produzida artificialmente. Os principais resultados conseguidos até o momento estão relatados neste documento.
Autores: Daniel Nepstad, Paulo Moutinho
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