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Niro Higuchi

Researcher at National Institute of Amazonian Research

Publications -  75
Citations -  15960

Niro Higuchi is an academic researcher from National Institute of Amazonian Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Amazon rainforest & Environmental science. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 59 publications receiving 14292 citations. Previous affiliations of Niro Higuchi include Amazon.com.

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Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

TL;DR: Records from multiple long-term monitoring plots across Amazonia are used to assess forest responses to the intense 2005 drought, a possible analog of future events that may accelerate climate change through carbon losses and changed surface energy balances.
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Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forests: evidence from long-term plots

TL;DR: Long-term monitoring of plots in mature humid tropical forests concentrated in South America revealed that biomass gain by tree growth exceeded losses from tree death in 38 of 50 Neotropical sites, suggesting that Neotropic forests may be a significant carbon sink.
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Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

Roel J. W. Brienen, +101 more
- 19 Mar 2015 - 
TL;DR: It is confirmed that Amazon forests have acted as a long-term net biomass sink, but the observed decline of the Amazon sink diverges markedly from the recent increase in terrestrial carbon uptake at the global scale, and is contrary to expectations based on models