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Fire science for rainforests

Cochrane, Mark A.·2003·Nature

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Forest fires are growing in size and frequency across the tropics. Continually eroding fragmented forest edges, they are unintended ecological disturbances that transcend deforestation to degrade vast regions of standing forest, diminishing ecosystem services and the economic potential of these natural resources. Affecting the health of millions, net forest fire emissions may have released carbon equivalent to 41% of worldwide fossil fuel use in 1997-98. Episodically more severe during El Niño events, pan-tropical forest fires will increase as more damaged, less fire-resistant, forests cover the landscape. Here I discuss the current state of tropical fire science and make recommendations for advancement.

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Authors: Cochrane, M. A.
Affiliations: Michigan State University (US)
Corresponding author: Cochrane, Mark A.
ORCID: Cochrane, Mark A.
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2003-02
Volume: 421
Issue: 6926
Pages: 913-919
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/nature01437
OpenAlex: W1991355610
Cited by: 1,218
References: 87
Citations by year: 2026: 35 · 2025: 52 · 2024: 71 · 2023: 62 · 2022: 98 · 2021: 60 · 2020: 80 · 2019: 67 · 2018: 102 · 2017: 49 · 2016: 47 · 2015: 45 · 2014: 62 · 2013: 44 · 2012: 48
FWCI: 3.01
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Forestry › Forest Management and Policy
Keywords: tropical forest fires, fire science, fire emissions, CO2 emissions, El Niño, fire resistance, ecosystem services, deforestation, forest fragmentation
MeSH terms: Carbon, Feedback, Fires, Humidity, Trees, Tropical Climate, Ecosystem

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