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Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World pp 139–148Cite as

Understanding Global Fire Dynamics by Classifying and Comparing Spatial Models of Vegetation and Fire

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT, 59808, USA

    Robert E. Keane

  2. Research School of Biological Sciences, and The Bushfire Cooperative Research Center, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    Geoffrey J. Cary

  3. Ecosystem Dynamics, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    Ian D. Davies

  4. Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste Marie, ON, P6A 2E5, Canada

    Michael D. Flannigan

  5. Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, 21532, USA

    Robert H. Gardner

  6. Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine, CNRS UMR 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53X, 38041, Grenoble Cedex 9, France

    Sandra Lavorel

  7. Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, Oregon, 97330, USA

    James M. Lenihan

  8. Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, T6H 3S5, Canada

    Chao Li

  9. Department of Forest Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA

    T. Scott Rupp

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  1. Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 3023, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

    Josep G. Canadell

  2. Department of Earth System Science and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA

    Diane E. Pataki

  3. Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, 21532, USA

    Louis F. Pitelka

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Keane, R.E. et al. (2007). Understanding Global Fire Dynamics by Classifying and Comparing Spatial Models of Vegetation and Fire. In: Canadell, J.G., Pataki, D.E., Pitelka, L.F. (eds) Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. Global Change — The IGBP Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32730-1_12

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