Ancient fires enhance Amazon forest drought resistance

Ancient fires enhance Amazon forest drought resistance

Drought and fire reduce productivity and increase tree mortality in tropical forests. Fires also produce pyrogenic carbon (PyC), which persists in situ for centuries to millennia, and represents a legacy of past fires, potentially improving soil fertility and water holding capacity and selecting for...

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Main Authors: Laura B. Vedovato, Lidiany C. S. Carvalho, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Michael Bird, Oliver L. Phillips, Patrícia Alvarez, Jos Barlow, David C. Bartholomew, Erika Berenguer, Wendeson Castro, Joice Ferreira, Filipe M. França, Yadvinder Malhi, Beatriz Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon Júnior, Abel Monteagudo, Edmar A. Oliveira, Luciana O. Pereira, Aline Pontes-Lopes, Carlos A. Quesada, Camila V. J. Silva, Javier E. Silva Espejo, Marcos Silveira, Ted R. Feldpausch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Subjects:
historical fires
soil fertility
wood density
carbon sequestration
soil pyrogenic carbon
water deficit
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1024101/full

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