Size, species, and fire behavior predict tree and liana mortality from experimental burns in the Brazilian Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-77

  Balch, Jennifer K ^a,b,c,d   Nepstad, Daniel C ^b,c   Curran, Lisa M ^a,e   Brando, Paulo M ^b,f   Portela, Osvaldo ^b   Guilherme, Paulo ^g   Reuning Scherer, Jonathan D ^a   de Carvalho, Oswaldo ^b,h  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agribusiness frontier; Biomass; Carbon; Land use; Mato Grosso; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGRIBUSINESS FRONTIER; AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; AMAZON FORESTS; AMAZONIAN FORESTS; APOCYNACEAE; ASPIDOSPERMA; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; BURSERACEAE; CARBON STOCKS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE INTENSITY; FOREST TRANSITION; FUTURE CLIMATE; LOW-INTENSITY BURNS; MATO GROSSO; MORTALITY RATE; STEM MORTALITY; TREE SIZE; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL TREE;

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; ESSENTIAL OILS; FORESTRY; LAKES; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; TROPICS;

FIRES;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGROINDUSTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMBING PLANT; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SAVANNA; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTS; LAKES; LAND USE; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; VOLATILE OIL;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

APOCYNACEAE; ASPIDOSPERMA; BURSERACEAE; PROTIUM GUIANENSE;

EID: 78149467723     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.029     Document Type: Article

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