Fig. 2. (a) Biogeochemical climate services reflect the greenhouse gases that would be released from land clearing and the change in ongoing exchange with the atmosphere. (b) Similarly, land clearing affects biophysical climate services, albedo, related to net radiation (Rnet) and latent heat flux from evaporation (LE), related to changes in evapotranspiration. Positive values represent net cooling effect on the atmosphere. (c) The sum of greenhouse gases and biophysical factors is the climate regulating value (CRV) of an ecosystem. Values are normalized to the warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2) and are expressed relative to bare ground over a 50-year time frame. Replacing an ecosystem with a high CRV with that having a low value would have a net warming effect on the atmosphere and vice versa. Reproduced from Anderson-Teixiera et al. [2012].