Fire in the South American Ecosystems

The incidence of anthropogenic fires in South America has increased lately, and fire effects on the biodiversity and ecosystem services are of great concern. On the other hand, natural fires have been present in the continent for thousands of years, acting as an evolutionary driver of vegetation and...

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Yhteisötekijä: SpringerLink (Online service)
Muut tekijät: Fidelis, Alessandra (Toimittaja), Pivello, Vânia R. (Toimittaja)
Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen E-kirja
Kieli:englanti
Julkaistu: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
Painos:1st ed. 2025.
Sarja:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 250
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Linkit:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89372-8
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