Estimation of Total Yearly CO₂ Emissions by Wildfires in Mexico during the Period 1999–2010

Table 1

Available and calculated information on the considered ecosystems [29]. This data set was applied to estimate CO₂ emissions.

Vegetation type	Percentage of total area (%)	Biomass load (ton/km^2)	Burning efficiencies
Rainforest	14.24	5000–55000	0.2
Forest	17.51	5000–10000	0.3
Farming	13.52	500–10000	0.4
Grassland	13.25	150–550	0.96
Schrubland	25.98	50–200	0.95
Grassland-farming	1.24	350–5275	0.68
Rainforest-grassland	1.45	2575–27775	0.58
Farming-rainforest	1.16	2750–32500	0.30
Other vegetations	7.1	325	0.95