Spatiotemporal variation in fire occurrence in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, between 2003 and 2016

ABSTRACT Wildland fires can be responsible for negative impacts on the environment, causing damage to the fauna and flora and increasing the release of greenhouse gases. In the state of Amazonas, wildland fires represent a risk for biodiversity conservation, since more than 95% of the state is cover...

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Main Author: Benjamin Leonardo Alves WHITE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2018-12-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aa/v48n4/1809-4392-aa-48-04-358.pdf