Leaf decomposition and fine fuels in floodplain forests of the Rio Negro in the Brazilian Amazon

Despite being inundated for up to 9 mo of the year, black-water floodplain forests in the Brazilian Amazon are susceptible to fire. Post-fire tree mortality is higher and fire spreads further in the floodplain, compared with adjacent upland forest. To understand these differences between the two for...

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Published in:Journal of tropical ecology 2013-09, Vol.29 (5), p.455-458
Main Authors: dos Santos, Aline Ramos, Nelson, Bruce Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amazonia
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Backwaters
bags
Biological and medical sciences
Biomass
Brazil
burning
cleaning
Clitoria
Clitoria fairchildiana
Decomposition
fire intensity
Floodplains
Forest floor
forest litter
forest types
fuel loading
fuels
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
highlands
Leaves
Litter
Mortality
nutrients
Peat
Rainforests
Roots
sand
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Soil texture
Synecology
Terrestrial ecosystems
tree mortality
trees
upland soils
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