Fire science for rainforests
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- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 421 (6926), 913-919
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01437
Abstract
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.Keywords
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