New Insights From Pre-Columbian Land Use and Fire Management in Amazonian Dark Earth Forests

New Insights From Pre-Columbian Land Use and Fire Management in Amazonian Dark Earth Forests

Anthropogenic climate change driven by increased carbon emissions is leading to more severe fire seasons and increasing the frequency of mega-fires in the Amazon. This has the potential to convert Amazon forests from net carbon sinks to net carbon sources. Although modern human influence over the Ea...

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Main Authors: S. Yoshi Maezumi, Mark Robinson, Jonas de Souza, Dunia H. Urrego, Denise Schaan, Daiana Alves, Jose Iriarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
eastern Amazon
pre-Columbian
fire management
ADE Forests
composition
structure
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00111/full

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