Persistent collapse of biomass in Amazonian forest edges following deforestation leads to unaccounted carbon losses

Celso H. L. Silva, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Liana O. Anderson, Marisa Gesteira Fonseca, Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro, Christelle Vancutsem, Frédéric Achard, René Beuchle, Izaya Numata, Carlos Alberto Silva,

Science Advances · 2020 · 179 citations · 76 references

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Carbon losses caused by edge effect is thus an additional unquantified flux that can counteract carbon emissions avoided by reducing deforestation, compromising the Paris Agreement's bold targets.

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