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Road paving, fire regime feedbacks, and the future of Amazon forests
Forest Ecology and Management · 2001 · Vol. 154(3) · pp. 395–407
Daniel C. Nepstad✉(Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia)Georgia O. Carvalho(Woodwell Climate Research Center)Ana Cristina Barros(Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia)Ane Alencar(Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia)João Paulo Ribeiro CapobiancoJosh Bishop(International Institute for Environment and Development)Paulo Moutinho(Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia)Paul A. Lefebvre(Woodwell Climate Research Center)Urbano Lopes Silva(Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia)E. M. Prins(NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research)
Fire effects on ecosystemsConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementAgroforestry and silvopastoral systemsAmazon rainforestDeforestation (computer science)Environmental scienceAgroforestryVegetation (pathology)Fire protectionGeographyEnvironmental protectionForestryEcology
Funding
- United States Agency for International Development
- Tinker Foundation
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