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Rare, Intense, Big fires dominate the global tropics under drier conditions

Wildfires burn large parts of the tropics every year, shaping ecosystem structure and functioning. Yet the complex interplay between climate, vegetation and human factors that drives fire dynamics is still poorly understood. Here we show that on all continents, except Australia, tropical fire regime...

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Autores principales: Hantson, Stijn, Scheffer, Marten, Pueyo, Salvador, Xu, Chi, Lasslop, Gitta, van Nes, Egbert H., Holmgren, Milena, Mendelsohn, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5662699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29085010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14654-9