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The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna

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Abreu, Rodolfo C. R., Hoffmann, William A., Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., Pilon, Natashi A., Rossatto, Davi R., Durigan, Giselda·2017·Science Advances

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Forest expansion into Brazilian savanna due to fire suppression causes precipitous species loss.

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  • Forests planted in savannahs or other ecosystems with low tree cover will critically damage these often highly species-diverse and carbon-rich ecosystems.

    “Forests planted in savannahs or other ecosystems with low tree cover will critically damage these often highly species-diverse and carbon-rich ecosystems (113, 114).”

    From Restoring Degraded Lands (2021) · cites this paper as [114]

    The Results report substantial losses of savanna plant and ant species where forest encroached, and the Discussion extends the biodiversity concern to other species-rich savannas and grasslands (page numbers unavailable). But the study examined forest encroachment following fire suppression, not planted forests, and it does not characterize the affected low-tree-cover ecosystems as carbon-rich; its Results report higher carbon stocks in forest than in open savanna. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Absence of fire can reduce plant diversity in certain ecosystems.

    “Thus, an absence of fire can reduce plant diversity in certain ecosystems (Abreu et al., 2017;Parr, Lehmann, Bond, Hoffmann, & Andersen, 2014).”

    From Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers (2020) · cites this paper as Abreu et al., 2017

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Authors
Abreu, R. C. R., Hoffmann, W. A., Vasconcelos, H. L., Pilon, N. A., Rossatto, D. R., & Durigan, G.
Affiliations
  • North Carolina State University (US)
  • Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (BR)
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
  • Instituto Florestal (BR)
Corresponding author
  • Hoffmann, William A.
  • Durigan, Giselda
Venue
Science Advances
Published
2017-08-04
Volume
3
Issue
8
Pages
e1701284-e1701284
ISSN
2375-2548 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2753504621
Cited by
417
References
65
Citations by year
2026: 38 · 2025: 50 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 73 · 2021: 64 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 2
FWCI
22.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Science Advances (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Division of Environmental Biology (award330770, DEB1354943)
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (award330772, 303179/2016-1, award330774, 301589/2015-1, award337189, 457407/2012-3)
  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (award330773, 2016/17888-2)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
Keywords
carbon sequestration, tropical savanna, forest encroachment, biodiversity loss, plant species richness, fire suppression, fire management, Cerrado, carbon mitigation policy, conservation trade-offs
MeSH terms
Soil, Tropical Climate, Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Carbon Sequestration, Grassland

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