Pyrogeographic models, feedbacks and the future of global fire regimes

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 821-824

  Bowman, David M J S ^a   Murphy, Brett P ^b   Williamson, Grant J ^a   Cochrane, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Feedbacks; Fire regimes; Pyrogeography; Vegetation; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MACROECOLOGY; NICHE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84902104078     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12180     Document Type: Article

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