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The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna

2017; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 3; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/sciadv.1701284

ISSN

2375-2548

Autores

Rodolfo Cesar Real de Abreu, William A. Hoffmann, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Natashi A. L. Pilon, Davi Rodrigo Rossatto, Giselda Durigan,

Tópico(s)

Economic and Environmental Valuation

Resumo

Tropical savannas have been increasingly viewed as an opportunity for carbon sequestration through fire suppression and afforestation, but insufficient attention has been given to the consequences for biodiversity. To evaluate the biodiversity costs of increasing carbon sequestration, we quantified changes in ecosystem carbon stocks and the associated changes in communities of plants and ants resulting from fire suppression in savannas of the Brazilian Cerrado, a global biodiversity hotspot. Fire suppression resulted in increased carbon stocks of 1.2 Mg ha

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