Recent deforestation drove the spike in Amazonian fires

• Adrián Cardil,
• Sergio de-Miguel,
• Carlos A Silva,
• Peter B Reich,
• David Calkin,
• Pedro H S Brancalion,
• Alexander C Vibrans,
• Javier G P Gamarra,
• M Zhou,
• Bryan C Pijanowski,
• Cang Hui,
• Thomas W Crowther,
• Bruno Hérault,
• Daniel Piotto,
• Christian Salas-Eljatib,
• Eben North Broadbent,
• Angelica M Almeyda Zambrano,
• Nicolas Picard,
• Luiz E O C Aragão,
• Jean-Francois Bastin,
• Devin Routh,
• Johan van den Hoogen,
• Pablo L Peri,
• Jingjing Liang

Affiliations

Adrián Cardil

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Joint Research Unit CTFC — AGROTECNIO , Solsona, Spain; Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University de Lleida , Lleida, Spain; Technosylva Inc , La Jolla, CA, United States of America

Sergio de-Miguel

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Joint Research Unit CTFC — AGROTECNIO , Solsona, Spain; Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University de Lleida , Lleida, Spain

Carlos A Silva

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School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida , Gainesville, FL, United States of America; Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland , College Park, MD, United States of America

Peter B Reich

Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota , St. Paul, MN, United States of America; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University , Penrith, New South Wales 2753, Australia ;

David Calkin

USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station , Missoula, MT, United States of America

Pedro H S Brancalion

Department of Forest Sciences, ‘Luiz de Queiroz’ College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo , Av. Pádua Dias 11, Piracicaba 13418-900, Brazil

Alexander C Vibrans

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Department of Forest Engineering, Universidade Regional de Blumenau , Santa Catarina, Brazil

Javier G P Gamarra

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International Forest Statistics Consultant , Rome, Italy

M Zhou

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University , West Lafayette, IN, United States of America

Bryan C Pijanowski

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University , West Lafayette, IN, United States of America

Cang Hui

Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Matieland 7602, South Africa

Thomas W Crowther

Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich , Zürich, Switzerland

Bruno Hérault

Cirad, UPR Forêts et Sociétés , Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast; Forêts et Sociétés, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD , Montpellier, France; Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, INP-HB , Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast

Daniel Piotto

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Centro de Formação em Ciências Agroflorestais, Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia , Bahia, Brazil

Christian Salas-Eljatib

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Centro de Modelación y Monitoreo de Ecosistemas, Universidad Mayor , Santiago, Chile; Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad de La Frontera , Temuco, Chile

Eben North Broadbent

Spatial Ecology and Conservation (SPEC) Lab, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida , Gainesville, FL 32611, United States of America

Angelica M Almeyda Zambrano

Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida , Gainesville, FL 32611, United States of America

Nicolas Picard

Center GIP ECOFOR , Paris, France

Luiz E O C Aragão

Remote Sensing Division, National Institute for Space Research , Av. dos Astronautas, 1.758, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, Brazil; College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter , Exeter EX4 4RJ, United Kingdom

Jean-Francois Bastin

TERRA, Teaching and Research Centre, Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech, University of Liège , Liège, Belgium

Devin Routh

Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Matieland 7602, South Africa

Johan van den Hoogen

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Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich , Zürich, Switzerland

Pablo L Peri

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) , 9400 Río Gallegos, Argentina; Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA)-CONICET , 9400 Río Gallegos, Argentina

Jingjing Liang

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Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University , West Lafayette, IN, United States of America