How wildfires increase sensitivity of Amazon forests to droughts

How wildfires increase sensitivity of Amazon forests to droughts

The phenology of tropical forests is tightly related to climate conditions. In the Amazon, the seasonal greening of forests is conditioned by solar radiation and rainfall. Yet, increasing anthropogenic pressures (e.g. logging and wildfires), raise concerns about the impacts of forest degradation on...

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Main Authors: Renan Le Roux, Fabien Wagner, Lilian Blanc, Julie Betbeder, Valery Gond, Hélène Dessard, Beatriz Funatzu, Clément Bourgoin, Guillaume Cornu, Bruno Herault, Frédérique Montfort, Plinio Sist, Agnes Begue, Vincent Dubreuil, François Laurent, François Messner, Ali Fadhil Hasan, Damien Arvor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
Amazon forest
fire
climate
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5b3d

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