Fire science for rainforests

By Mark A. Cochrane. Nature, 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science

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Physical and biological feedbacks of deforestation (2012, background): “Under undisturbed conditions, fires in the wet tropics are relatively rare, with return intervals of hundreds if not thousands of years [Cochrane, 2003; Hammond and ter Steege, 1998].”
Conservation Biology for All (2010, background): “Yet surface fires aggravated by logging disturbance represent one of the most powerful mechanisms of functional and compositional impoverishment of remaining areas of tropical forests (Cochrane 2003), and arguably the most important climatemediated phase shift in the structure of tropical ecosystems”
Prototyping a global algorithm for systematic fire-affected area mapping using MODIS time series data (2005, background): “proximate cause or indicator of land cover change (Bucini & Lambin, 2002; Cochrane, 2003; Janetos & Justice, 2000).”
Abrupt increases in Amazonian tree mortality due to drought–fire interactions (2014, background): “, logging, forest conversion for crops and livestock, and the resulting fragmentation of forests) tend to thin forest canopies (5, 11) and expose forest interiors to warm air flowing horizontally from neighboring clearings, allowing the forest floor to dry more rapidly during rainless periods.”
The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth (2011, background): “Our purpose here is to describe the historical development of humanity’s relationship with fire and the role humans play in the diversification of contemporary fire regimes globally, thus providing a framework for thinking about how humans influence fire regimes in space and time.”
The last frontiers of wilderness: Tracking loss of intact forest landscapes from 2000 to 2013 (2017, background): “2017;3 : e1600821 13 January 2017 Expansion of logging into intact forest areas has many direct effects on ecosystem functions, including reduction of carbon storage (20), decrease of habitat suitability (6, 21), and increase of vulnerability to human-induced wildfires (22, 23).”
The spatially varying influence of humans on fire probability in North America (2016, background): “…may exert pervasive and enduring indirect effects on fire regimes by altering, or removing, the natural vegetation (e.g., change in forest structure, invasive annuals, logging, conversion to irrigated agriculture) (Cochrane 2003, Pausas and Keeley 2009, Perry et al 2012, Fréjaville andCurt 2015).”
The effects of climate change on tropical birds (2012, background): “Tropical forest fires are becoming larger, more frequent and severe, even in forests where they were formerly infrequent (Cochrane, 2003).”
Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes. (2008, positive): “Increased soil incorporation of surface litter may further reduce carbon loss through reduced probability of intense forest fires, which also in rainforests cause huge carbon losses (Cochrane 2003).”
Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota (2010, background): “Changing precipitation could strongly influence the persistence of tropical forests and affect their vulnerability to fire (Hemp and Beck, 2001; Cochrane, 2003).”
Fire in the Earth System (2009, result): “, 2008), and the late twentieth century increase in area burnt is consistent with local- to regional-scale observations (Cochrane, 2003; Girardin, 2007; Fisher et al., 2009) and with satellite and model-based reconstructions (Pechony and Shindell, 2009).”
Can forest management based on natural disturbances maintain ecological resilience (2006, background): “…and Ehrenfeld 2003 Sandhill forests, Florida, USA Hardwood vs. longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill) as a function of fire frequency Peterson 2002b Tropical rain forests Mesic, fire-inhibiting vs. xeric fire-susceptible forests mediated by opening of roads and agriculture Cochrane 2003 Table 1.”
Fire as a global 'herbivore': the ecology and evolution of flammable ecosystems. (2005, background): “Changes in fuel distribution and microclimate after a tropical forest fire increase the probability of more fires and conversion of forest to scrub and grassland [ 12 ,15].”
Global Pyrogeography: the Current and Future Distribution of Wildfire (2009, background): “Although some tropical areas have been relatively fire-prone for centuries [58,59], many areas of wet tropical rainforest which only rarely experienced fire in the past now burn due to accelerating anthropogenic pressure [60].”