Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system

Roughly 3% of the Earth’s land surface burns annually, representing a critical exchange of energy and matter between the land and atmosphere via combustion. Fires range from slow smouldering peat fires, to low-intensity surface fires, to intense crown fires, depending on vegetation structure, fuel m...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	S Archibald, C E R Lehmann, C M Belcher, W J Bond, R A Bradstock, A-L Daniau, K G Dexter, E J Forrestel, M Greve, T He, S I Higgins, W A Hoffmann, B B Lamont, D J McGlinn, G R Moncrieff, C P Osborne, J G Pausas, O Price, B S Ripley, B M Rogers, D W Schwilk, M F Simon, M R Turetsky, G R Van der Werf, A E Zanne
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Subjects:	flammability earth-system feedbacks niche-construction evolution plant traits vegetation open climate campaign
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9ead