Fire scars on Amazonian trees : exploring the cryptic fire history of the Ilha de Maracá.

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Fire scars on Amazonian trees : exploring the cryptic fire history of the Ilha de Maracá. / Barlow, Jos; Silveira, Juliana M.; Cochrane, Mark A.
In: Biotropica, Vol. 42, No. 4, 07.2010, p. 405-409.

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Barlow, J, Silveira, JM & Cochrane, MA 2010, 'Fire scars on Amazonian trees : exploring the cryptic fire history of the Ilha de Maracá.', Biotropica, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 405-409. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00646.x

APA

Barlow, J., Silveira, J. M., & Cochrane, M. A. (2010). Fire scars on Amazonian trees : exploring the cryptic fire history of the Ilha de Maracá. Biotropica, 42(4), 405-409. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00646.x

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Barlow J, Silveira JM, Cochrane MA. Fire scars on Amazonian trees : exploring the cryptic fire history of the Ilha de Maracá. Biotropica. 2010 Jul;42(4):405-409. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00646.x

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Barlow, Jos ; Silveira, Juliana M. ; Cochrane, Mark A. / Fire scars on Amazonian trees : exploring the cryptic fire history of the Ilha de Maracá. In: Biotropica. 2010 ; Vol. 42, No. 4. pp. 405-409.

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abstract = "The presence of charcoal in the soils and fire scars on 8.2 percent of tree stems strongly suggest that one of the best studied Amazonian research localities (the Ilha de Marac{\'a} in Roraima, Brazil) has burned. The patterns and images of fire scars that we present here could help researchers explore the burn history of other tropical forests, which has important implications for interpreting their present-day ecology.",

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AB - The presence of charcoal in the soils and fire scars on 8.2 percent of tree stems strongly suggest that one of the best studied Amazonian research localities (the Ilha de Maracá in Roraima, Brazil) has burned. The patterns and images of fire scars that we present here could help researchers explore the burn history of other tropical forests, which has important implications for interpreting their present-day ecology.

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