Lightning as a major driver of recent large fire years in North American boreal forests

Changes in climate and fire regimes are transforming the boreal forest, the world’s largest biome. Boreal North America recently experienced two years with large burned area: 2014 in the Northwest Territories and 2015 in Alaska. Here we use climate, lightning, fire and vegetation data sets to assess...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature climate change Jg. 7; H. 7; S. 529 - 534
Hauptverfasser:	Veraverbeke, Sander, Rogers, Brendan M., Goulden, Mike L., Jandt, Randi R., Miller, Charles E., Wiggins, Elizabeth B., Randerson, James T.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2017 Nature Publishing Group
Schlagworte:	704/158/2454 704/158/2465 Annual variations Area Boreal ecosystems Boreal forests Burning Carbon Climate Climate Change Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Combustion Dynamics Environment Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Fires Forests Ignition Interannual variability Lightning Precipitation Temperature effects Treeline Vegetation North America
ISSN:	1758-678X, 1758-6798
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
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