Fire drives abandoned pastures to a savanna-like state in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Jerônimo Boelsums Barreto Sansevero, Mário Luís Garbin, Andrea Sánchez‐Tapia, Fernando Valladares, Fábio Rúbio Scarano
Abstract
Fire induces the establishment of a savanna-like state in abandoned pastures impairing the recovery of the Atlantic Forest.
Topics & Concepts
Threatened speciesDeforestation (computer science)EcologyRuderal speciesAgroforestryEcological successionEcosystemGeographyFire ecologyVegetation (pathology)RainforestBiologyHabitatComputer scienceMedicineProgramming languagePathologyEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesFire effects on ecosystemsPlant and animal studies