The global distribution of ecosystems in a world without fire

New Phytologist

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 525-538

  Bond, W J ^a   Woodward, F I ^b   Midgley, G F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate vegetation relationships; Dynamic global vegetation models; Fire ecology; Global biomes; Plant biogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FIRE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FIRE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FIRES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

POACEAE;

EID: 13144289499     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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