Fire scars on amazonian trees: Exploring the cryptic fire history of the ilha de maracá

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-409

  Barlow, Jos ^a   Silveira, Juliana M ^b   Cochrane, Mark A ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Disturbance; Forest dynamics

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CRYPSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST DYNAMICS; STEM; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAPA; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MARACA ISLAND;

EID: 77955022730     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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