Open AccessAmazon Forests Are Turning into Savannas
Author(s) -
Rishika Pardikar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo158373
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , geography , agroforestry , environmental science , ecology , biology
Floodplain forests have low resilience to repeated exposure to wildfires. As climate change increases the instances of fires, forests may transform to less productive grassland ecosystems.
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