Abstract
Fires in tropical forests can be considered as one of the most important environmental problems of the XXI century. In the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon, the frequency of fires increased over the last decade as a result of climate variability (drought in 1998, 2005 and 2010) and anthropogenic activities (Aragão and Shimabukuro, 2010, Science). During the 2010 drought, 0.48±0.18 p…