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Tropical forests in the Anthropocene / Yadvinder Malhi in Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 39 (2014)
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Titre : Tropical forests in the Anthropocene Type de document : Électronique Auteurs : Yadvinder Malhi ; Toby A. Gardner ; Gregory R. Goldsmith ; Miles R. Silman ; Przemyslaw Zelazowski Année de publication : 2014 Article en page(s) : 125-159 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : [CBNPMP-Thèmes] Evolution des forêts à l'époque historique Résumé : The Anthropocene is characterized as an epoch when human influence has begun to fundamentally alter many aspects of the Earth system and many of the planet's biomes. Here, we review and synthesize our understanding of Anthropocene changes in tropical forests. Key facets include deforestation driven by agricultural expansion, timber and wood extraction, the loss of fauna that maintain critical ecological connections, the spread of fire, landscape fragmentation, the spread of second-growth forests, new species invasion and pathogen spread, increasing CO2, and climate change. The patterns of change are spatially heterogeneous, are often characterized by strong interactions among different drivers, can have both large-scale and remote effects, and can play out through ecological cascades over long timescales. As a consequence, most tropical forests are on a trajectory to becoming altered ecosystems, with the degree of alteration dependent on the intensity and duration of the current bottleneck of human-induced pressures. We highlight the importance of this understanding to develop the strategies necessary for shaping the transition of tropical forests through the early Anthropocene, as well as highlight the opportunities and challenges for the tropical forest science community in the coming decades. Lien pérenne : DOI : 10.1146/annurev-environ-030713-155141 Permalink : https://biblio.cbnpmp.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=143464
in Annual Review of Environment and Resources > 39 (2014) . - 125-159Malhi, Yadvinder, Gardner, Toby A., Goldsmith, Gregory R., Silman, Miles R., Zelazowski, Przemyslaw 2014 Tropical forests in the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 39: 125-159.Documents numériques
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