@article{8e808282d97b4834b7912cdcc9feb194,
title = "Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents",
abstract = "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.",
keywords = "carbon, organic carbon, rain, basal area, biogeochemistry, carbon cycle, data set, fire behavior, moisture content, phenology, phytomass, savanna, vegetation structure, woodland, Africa, article, Australia, biomass, climate, growth rate, herbivore, priority journal, soil property, South America, structural equation modeling, temperature, vegetation, vegetation dynamics, woody plant",
author = "Caroline Lehmann and Michael Anderson and Mahesh Sankaran and Steven Higgins and Sally Archibald and William Hoffmann and Niall Hanan and Williams, {Richard J} and Roderick Fensham and Jeanine Felfili and Lindsay Hutley and Jayashree Ratnam and {San Jose}, Jose and Ruben Montes and Donald Franklin and Jeremy Russell-Smith and Casey Ryan and Giselda Durigan and Pierre Hiernaux and Ricardo Haidar and David Bowman and William Bond",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1126/science.1247355",
language = "English",
volume = "343",
pages = "548--552",
journal = "Science",
issn = "0036-8075",
publisher = "Science AAAS",
number = "6170",
}