Tropical forest burning in Brazilian Amazonia: Measurement of biomass loading, burning efficiency and charcoal formation at Altamira, Para

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-79

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a   De Alencastro Graça, Paulo Maurício Lima ^a   Leal Filho, Niwton ^a   Rodrigues, Fernando José Alves ^a   Robinson, Jennifer M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Burning; Carbon dioxide; Deforestation; Greenhouse gases; Rainforest; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BURNING; CHARCOAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033547216     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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