Extended Data Fig. 5: Local circulation that draws moisture from the forest edge zone to the edge.
From: Fire enhances forest degradation within forest edge zones in Africa
The Schematic is adapted from Laurance et al. (2011)14. Edge effects result from local circulations that draw down moisture due to the gradient of β between forest edges and nearby forest patches. Fire-related edges have even higher β than non-fire edges, which enhances local circulations and edge effects. Two possible ways of fire influencing edge effects were defined: direct impact, i.e. direct burning of trees and understories, and indirect impact, i.e., fire-enhanced β at fire-edges compared to non-fire edges. The frequency distributions of β in the forest edge zone and at different edges are shown in Fig. E3.
