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Title: | Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes |
Authors: | Laurance, William F. |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Tropical Forests and Global Atmospheric Change |
Abstract: | In the tropics, habitat fragmentation alters forest-climate interactions in diverse ways. On a local scale (<1 km), elevated desiccation and wind disturbance near fragment margins lead to sharply increased tree mortality, altering canopy-gap dynamics, plant-community composition, biomass dynamics, and carbon storage. Fragmented forests are also highly vulnerable to edge-related fires, especially in regions which have periodic droughts or strong dry seasons. At landscape to regional scales (10-1,000 km), habitat fragmentation may have complex effects on forest-climate interactions, with important consequences for atmospheric circulation, water cycling, and precipitation. Positive feedbacks among deforestation, regional climate change, and fire could pose a serious threat for some tropical forests, but the details of such interactions are poorly understood. © The Royal Society 2005. All rights reserved. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198567066.003.0003 |
Appears in Collections: | Capítulo de Livro |
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