Surface wildfires in central Amazonia: Short-term impact on forest structure and carbon loss

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 321-331

  Haugaasen, Torbjørn ^a   Barlow, Jos ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Carbon emissions; El Ni o; Fire disturbance; Global warming; Surface fires

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FIRE HAZARDS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; VEGETATION;

FOREST STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0038044676     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00548-0     Document Type: Article

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