Biomass burning in Brazil's Amazonian "arc of deforestation": Burning efficiency and charcoal formation in a fire after mechanized clearing at Feliz Natal, Mato Grosso

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2535-2546

  Righi, Ciro Abbud ^a   de Alencastro Graça, Paulo Maurício Lima ^b   Cerri, Carlos Clemente ^a   Feigl, Brigitte Josefine ^a   Fearnside, Philip Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass; Burning; Carbon; Deforestation; Fire; Global warming; Greenhouse gas emissions; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

AMAZON FORESTS; AMAZON REGION; AMAZONIAN FORESTS; BEFORE AND AFTER; BIOMASS-BURNING; BURNING; CARBON CONTENT; CARBON STOCKS; CONCENTRATION OF; DIAMETER CLASS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DRY BIOMASS; DRY SEASONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOREST TYPE; GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS; HIGH VARIABILITY; KEY PARAMETERS; LOW HUMIDITY; MATO GROSSO; PARAMETERS ESTIMATED; RAINFOREST; RAPID DEFORESTATION; SEMI-DECIDUOUS; TRACE-GASES; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; CAVITY RESONATORS; CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; DRY MATTER; DRY SEASON; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST RESOURCE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMIDITY; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; EMISSION; FIRES; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LEAKAGE;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349750469     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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