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Fire in Australian savannas: from leaf to landscape

Overview of attention for article published in Global Change Biology, September 2014
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Title
Fire in Australian savannas: from leaf to landscape
Published in
Global Change Biology, September 2014
DOI 10.1111/gcb.12686
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Authors

Jason Beringer, Lindsay B Hutley, David Abramson, Stefan K Arndt, Peter Briggs, Mila Bristow, Josep G Canadell, Lucas A Cernusak, Derek Eamus, Andrew C Edwards, Bradley J Evans, Benedikt Fest, Klaus Goergen, Samantha P Grover, Jorg Hacker, Vanessa Haverd, Kasturi Kanniah, Stephen J Livesley, Amanda Lynch, Stefan Maier, Caitlin Moore, Michael Raupach, Jeremy Russell-Smith, Simon Scheiter, Nigel J Tapper, Petteri Uotila

Abstract

Savanna ecosystems comprise 22% of the global terrestrial surface and 25% of Australia (almost 1.9 million km(2) ) and provide significant ecosystem services through carbon and water cycles and the maintenance of biodiversity. The current structure, composition and distribution of Australian savannas have coevolved with fire, yet remain driven by the dynamic constraints of their bioclimatic niche. Fire in Australian savannas influences both the biophysical and biogeochemical processes at multiple scales from leaf to landscape. Here, we present the latest emission estimates from Australian savanna biomass burning and their contribution to global greenhouse gas budgets. We then review our understanding of the impacts of fire on ecosystem function and local surface water and heat balances, which in turn influence regional climate. We show how savanna fires are coupled to the global climate through the carbon cycle and fire regimes. We present new research that climate change is likely to alter the structure and function of savannas through shifts in moisture availability and increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in turn altering fire regimes with further feedbacks to climate. We explore opportunities to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from savanna ecosystems through changes in savanna fire management.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 3 1%
United States 2 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Unknown 228 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 44 18%
Researcher 39 16%
Student > Master 25 11%
Student > Bachelor 18 8%
Professor 16 7%
Other 40 17%
Unknown 56 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 68 29%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 56 24%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 31 13%
Engineering 3 1%
Computer Science 2 <1%
Other 11 5%
Unknown 67 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 56. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 August 2022.
All research outputs
#725,422
of 24,701,106 outputs
Outputs from Global Change Biology
#886
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Outputs of similar age
#7,300
of 243,883 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Global Change Biology
#9
of 70 outputs
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