Slow burn: the insidious effects of surface fires on tropical forests

作者: William F. Laurance

DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00064-8

关键词: RainforestAmazon rainforestEcologyGeography

摘要: Accidental surface fires are emerging as one of the most pervasive threats to tropical forests. Although unimpressive in appearance, these can have surprisingly potent impacts on rainforest plant and animal communities, demonstrated by recent studies led Jos Barlow Carlos Peres central Amazonia. Even worse, greatly increase likelihood far larger conflagrations that lead complete forest destruction.

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