@article{fdi:010083771,
  title = {{A} regional view of the linkages between hydro-climatic changes and deforestation in the {S}outhern {A}mazon},
  author = {{W}ongchuig, {S}. and {E}spinoza, {J}. {C}. and {C}ondom, {T}homas and {S}egura, {H}. and {R}onchail, {J}. and {A}rias, {P}. {A}. and {J}unquas, {C}l{\'e}mentine and {R}abatel, {A}. and {L}ebel, {T}hierry},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n the last four decades, the {S}outhern {A}mazon (south of 8 degrees {S}) has shown changes in the spatial and temporal patterns of its hydro-climatic components, leading to drier conditions. {D}ue to climate and land-use changes, this region is considered as a zone under biophysical transition processes. {P}revious studies have documented a complex interaction between climate and deforestation either on a large-scale or based on limited in situ data, typically covering the {B}razilian {A}mazon. {I}n this study, we analyse the relationships between hydro-climate, the surface water-energy partitioning and an index of regional forest cover change for the period 1981-2018. {A}dditionally, we discretized three regions covering the {B}olivian {A}mazon and the southern portions of the {P}eruvian and {B}razilian {A}mazon due to their differences in the evolution of land use. {I}n the {B}olivian region, a high ratio of forest cover change, exceeding 40-50%, is related to a significant tendency to become water-limited. {T}his change is associated with decreased rainfall, increased potential evapotranspiration and decreased actual evapotranspiration. {R}egardless of the region analysed, those that are characterized by a high ratio of forest cover change (>40-50%) show growing imbalance between increasing potential and decreasing actual evapotranspiration. {H}owever, in the {P}eruvian and {B}razilian regions, hydro-climatic conditions remain energy-limited due to minor rainfall changes. {T}he observed differences in surface water-energy partitioning behaviour evidence a complex dependence of both sub-regional (i.e., land cover changes) and large-scale (i.e., strengthening of the {W}alker and {H}adley circulations) conditions. {O}ur findings indicate a clear link between hydro-climatic changes and deforestation, providing a new perspective on their spatial variability on a sub-regional scale.},
  keywords = {forest loss ; hydro-climatic variability ; water-limited conditions ; {PEROU} ; {BRESIL} ; {BOLIVIE} ; {AMAZONIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{I}nternational {J}ournal of {C}limatology},
  volume = {[{E}arly access]},
  numero = {},
  pages = {[19 ]},
  ISSN = {0899-8418},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1002/joc.7443},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083771},
}