«To predict the effects this
type of deforestation has on the relationship between rain forest and the savanna — and on the local and global
climate — it's necessary to understand how the transitional forest evolves in time and reacts to
disturbances,» explained Yannick De Decker, associate professor at the Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, as well as the Nonlinear Physical Chemistry Unit at ULB.
Third, each region illustrates a unique
type of response — i.e., strength in GPP response relative to proximity to
disturbance, variable
climate response with unique forest loss, and nonlinear GPP response with individual versus combined forest
disturbances