1. Amazonia and Global Change Editors: –Michael Keller –Pedro Silva Dias –John Gash 13 Section Editors 93 Authors and Co-Authors

2. Amazonia and Global Change Sections and Section Editors –People Mateus Batistella, EMBRAPA (Brazil) Carlos Souza, IMAZON (Brazil) Robert Walker, Michigan State University (USA) Steven Walsh, University of North Carolina (USA) –Air Paulo Artaxo, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) José Marengo, CPTEC-INPE (Brazil) Carlos Nobre, CPTEC-INPE (Brazil)

3. Amazonia and Global Change Sections and Section Editors –Land Eric Davidson, Woods Hole Research Center (USA) Yadvinder Malhi, Oxford University (UK) Humberto Rocha, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) –Water John Melack, University of California at Santa Barbara (USA) Javier Tomasella, CPTEC-INPE (Brazil) Reynaldo Victoria, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)

4. Amazonia and Global Change Part A: People A1 Introduction to Part A A2. The Changing Rate and Pattern of Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia A3. Selective Logging and Its Relation to Deforestation A4. The Spatial Distribution and Inter-Annual Variability of Fire in Amazonia A5. The Expansion of Intensive Agriculture and Ranching in Amazonia A6. Scenarios of Future Amazonian Landscapes A7. The Impact of Roads and the Process of Deforestation A8. Deforestation and Small Holders in Amazonia A9. People and society in Amazonia: the contribution of LBA

5. Amazonia and Global Change Part B: Air B1. Introduction to Part B B2. Amazonian Climate and the Regional and Global Circulation B3. The Amazonian Boundary Layer and Mesoscale Circulations B4. Natural Hydrocarbon Emissions from Plants and Their Roles in Oxidant Balance and Particle Formation B5. Biomass Burning Products, Their Long Range Transport, Regional and Remote Impacts. B6. Aerosol Particles: Their Composition, Role in Radiation Balance, Cloud Formation, and Nutrient Cycles. B7. Modeling the Regional and Remote Climatic Impact of Deforestation B8. Observations of Evapotranspiration in Amazonia B9. Global Warming: Impacts in Amazonia and Feedbacks

6. Amazonia and Global Change Part C: Land C1. Introduction to Part C C2. Nutrient Limitations to Secondary Forest Regrowth C3. The Maintenance of Soil Fertility in Managed Systems C4. Sources and Sinks of Long-Lived Trace Gases in Amazonia and the Cerrado C5. Spatial Patterns of Forest Productivity, Density, Biomass and Dynamics C6. Temporal Changes in Forest Biomass C7. Responses of Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes to Climatic Variation C8. The Regional Carbon Budget C9. The Forest Response to Drought and the Prospects for the Savannaization of Amazonia C10. Soil Carbon Dynamics C11. Plant Physiology and Water Relations

7. Amazonia and Global Change Part D: Water D1. Introduction to Part D D2 The Role of Rivers in the Regional Carbon Balance D3. Water and Chemical Budgets at the Small Watershed Scale D4. Floodplain Ecosystem Processes D5. Effects of Deforestation on Flow regime Part E: Concluding Remarks E1. Implications for Policy Makers E2. Future Research Needs E3. LBA II

8. Amazonia and Global Change Publisher Option 1: World Scientific Publishing Relatively expensive > $100 per copy Slower Difficulties with rights for translation Better quality? Proposal Accepted Publisher Option 2: American Geophysical Union Inexpensive Faster Flexible regarding translation Lower quality? Proposal Pending

9. Amazonia and Global Change PRICE Target Price = $75 ± $25 NASA has offered to purchase 800 advanced copies If other institutions commit to advanced copies, then we can keep the final price of the book down

10. Amazonia and Global Change Translation Who can support the cost of translation? Can anyone suggest a publisher for a translated volume willing to work with AGU? Copyright issues to be negotiated.