Fire science for rainforests

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6926, 2003, Pages 913-919

  Cochrane, Mark A ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inst Homem Meio Ambiente Amazonia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FOSSIL FUELS;

FIRE EMISSIONS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL;

CARBON; DAMAGE; DEGRADATION; EMISSION; FOREST FIRE; RAINFOREST;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; EL NINO; FIRE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; REVIEW; SCIENCE; TROPICS;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDBACK; FIRES; HUMIDITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; FOSSIL FUELS;

EID: 0037468187     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01437     Document Type: Review

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