Forest fires in southwestern Brazilian Amazonia: Estimates of area and potential carbon emissions

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 291, Issue , 2013, Pages 199-208

  Vasconcelos, Sumaia Saldanha de ^a   Fearnside, Philip Martin ^a   Graça, Paulo Maurício Lima de Alencastro ^a   Nogueira, Euler Melo ^a   Oliveira, Luis Cláudio de ^b   Figueiredo, Evandro Orfanó ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon forest; Brazil; Carbon emission; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

AMAZON FORESTS; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON STOCKS; FIRE EVENT; FIRE SCARS; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRES; LANDSAT-5; SATELLITE IMAGES; TREE MORTALITY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FIRES;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; DIGITIZATION; DROUGHT; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MORTALITY; OXIDATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION MAPPING; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION; FIRES; GREENHOUSE GASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SATELLITES;

ACRE [BRAZIL]; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; RONDONIA;

EID: 84871858436     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.044     Document Type: Article

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