Historical fire and bamboo dynamics in western Amazonia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 299-309

  McMichael, Crystal H ^a,b   Bush, Mark B ^a   Silman, Miles R ^c,d   Piperno, Dolores R ^e,f   Raczka, Marco ^a   Lobato, Luiz C ^g   Zimmerman, Monica ^a   Hagen, Stephen ^h   Palace, Michael ^b  

^a Department of Biological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center for Energy Environment and Sustainability   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^g UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

^h Applied GeoSolutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Bamboo dynamics; Fire; Forest stability; Persistence; Phytoliths; Soil charcoal

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; FIELD SURVEY; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST COVER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; PERSISTENCE; PHYTOLITH; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ACRE [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; COCHA CASHU; LOS AMIGOS; MADRE DE DIOS; PERU;

EID: 84872595926     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12002     Document Type: Article

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