Corrigendum to “Logging Amazon forest increased the severity and spread of fires during the 2015–2016 el Niño” [For. Ecol. Manage. 500 (2021) 119652] (Forest Ecology and Management (2021) 500, (S0378112721007428), (10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119652))

Abstract

The authors regret some out-of-date values having been published in Section 3.9 and Table 7. The correct values are given below. In the last paragraph of the discussion the correct statement is: “The effect of fire in more than doubling the impact of the logging itself, increasing the impact by 146.5%, affects the calculus for forest management. This level of impact is the result of a single fire, and this is only the beginning of the positive feedback process of degradation in a downward spiral of biomass stocks.” In the conclusions the correct statement is: “Fire increased the impact of logging on biomass reduction by 146.5% as compared to the impact of the logging itself, thus more than doubling the impact of logging with just one fire.” 3.9. Effect of logging on biomass losses due to fire The biomass losses in burned areas are summarized in Table 6, indicating a total loss of 5.22 × 106 Mg of biomass stock due to fire. In the burned areas the percentage of biomass lost is 23.2% in areas that had been selectively logged, and 21.6% in areas without selective logging. The effects of selective logging on losses to fire are calculated in Table 7. The effect of logging in increasing the area burned resulted in 1.22 × 106 Mg of biomass loss due to fire (Column G), while the effect of selective logging in increasing the severity of fire and resulting per-hectare biomass loss in the area that would have burned anyway even without logging represents 1.25 × 106 Mg of biomass loss (Column M). As compared to the biomass loss from the logging itself (including collateral damage) of 1.69 × 106 Mg of biomass, the effect of logging on increasing the area burned increases impact by 72.5% (Column AB), and the increased fire severity increases the total fire impact to 146.5% (Column AD), that is, more than doubling the impact of the logging itself. © 2021 The Author(s)