The critical importance of considering fire in REDD+ programs

Biological Conservation

Volumn 154, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Barlow, Jos ^a   Parry, Luke ^a   Gardner, Toby A ^a,b   Ferreira, Joice ^c   Aragão, Luiz E O C ^d   Carmenta, Rachel ^a   Berenguer, Erika ^a   Vieira, Ima C G ^e   Souza, Carlos ^f   Cochrane, Mark A ^g  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^f Imazon Amazon Institute of People and the Environment   (Brazil)

^g SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Fire; Livelihoods; Rainforests

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMID TROPICS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84865712878     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.034     Document Type: Article

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