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Large tree mortality and the decline of forest biomass following Amazonian wildfires
Abstract
Surface fires in Amazonian forests could contribute as much as 5% of annual carbon emissions from all anthropogenic sources during severe El Niño years. However, these estimates are based on short‐term figures of post‐burn tree mortality, when large thicker barked trees (representing a disproportionate amount of the forest biomass) appear to resist the fires. On the basis of a longer term study, we report that the mortality of large trees increased markedly between 1 and 3 years, more than doubling current estimates of biomass loss and committed carbon emissions from low‐intensity fires in tropical forests.
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- Authors
- Barlow, J., Peres, C. A., Lagan, B. O., & Haugaasen, T.
- Venue
- Ecology Letters
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2002-12-13
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 6-8
- ISSN
- 1461-023X (ISSN-L)
- 1461-0248
- OpenAlex
- W1908764124
- Cited by
- 258
- References
- 9
- FWCI
- 13.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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