Title
Lightning strike burns large forest tree in the Lopé Reserve, Gabon
Author(s)
Tutin C.E.G., White L.J.T., Mackanga-Missandzou A.
Published
1996
Publisher
Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters
Abstract
Natural fires are assumed to occur in tropical forests and lightning is the most probable cause. However, while fires of man-made origin are widespread and have had an impact on past and present forest dynamics, no natural fires in moist tropical forest appear to have been documented. In October 1993, a large forest tree in the Lopé Reserve, Gabon, burnt as a result of fires ignited by lightning. The circumstances of the fire are described and its implications discussed.
Keywords
fire; lightning; Gabon, Lope Reserve

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