| The aiming of this review is to point out some research fields in fire ecology and its impact on Amazonia vegetation. The incidence of fire on the moist Amazon region sounded a contradiction until recent years. Fire always acted in vegetation structuring, even though independent of human existence. However, fire regimes are changing worldwide, as in the Amazon, motivated by global climate change and climate anomalies. Forest fires impact vegetation differently, depending on the ecosystem, soil type, and plant morphology and age. Many species can respond positively, with survival mechanisms or post-fire re-growth. A better understanding of how Amazon plants respond to fire impact is necessary in order to understand if Amazon moist forest is actually still... |
