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Title: | Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes |
Authors: | Laurance, William F. |
Keywords: | Atmospheric Circulation Desiccation Edge Effect Fire Habitat Fragmentation Hydrology Microclimate Tropical Forest Wind |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
Publisher: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 359, Número 1443, Pags. 345-352 |
Abstract: | In the tropics, habitat fragmentation alters forest-climate interactions in diverse ways. On a local scale (less than 1 km), elevated desiccation and wind disturbance near fragment margins lead to sharply increased tree mortality, thus 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 with periodic droughts or strong dry seasons. At landscape to regional scales (10-1000 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. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1098/rstb.2003.1430 |
Appears in Collections: | Trabalhos Apresentados em Evento |
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