TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Savanna vegetation-fire-climate relationships differ among continents
JO  - Science
A1  - Lehmann, Caroline E. R.
A1  - Anderson, T. Michael
A1  - Sankaran, Mahesh
A1  - Higgins, Steven I.
A1  - Archibald, Sally
A1  - Hoffmann, William A.
A1  - Hanan, Niall P.
A1  - Williams, Richard J.
A1  - Fensham, Roderick J.
A1  - Felfili, Jeanine
A1  - Hutley, Lindsay B.
A1  - Ratnam, Jayashree
A1  - San Jose, Jose
A1  - Montes, Ruben
A1  - Franklin, Don
A1  - Russell-Smith, Jeremy
A1  - Ryan, Casey M.
A1  - Durigan, Giselda
A1  - Hiernaux, Pierre
A1  - Haidar, Ricardo
A1  - Bowman, David M. J. S.
A1  - Bond, William J.
SP  - 548
EP  - 552
VL  - 343
IS  - 6170
N2  - Ecologists have long sought to understand the factors controlling the structure of savanna vegetation. Using data from 2154 sites in savannas across Africa, Australia, and South America, we found that increasing moisture availability drives increases in fire and tree basal area, whereas fire reduces tree basal area. However, among continents, the magnitude of these effects varied substantially, so that a single model cannot adequately represent savanna woody biomass across these regions. Historical and environmental differences drive the regional variation in the functional relationships between woody vegetation, fire, and climate. These same differences will determine the regional responses of vegetation to future climates, with implications for global carbon stocks.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0036-8075
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1247355
ID  - ref1
ER  -