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Title
Peat was historically mined overseas because it burns so well. But Australia’s subtropical peat bogs need fire to survive
Published by
The Conversation
DOI 10.64628/aa.cqdm63x6h
Authors

Yule, Catherine

Abstract

Uniquely, an Australian subtropical peatland ecosystem exists that is not only resilient to the frequent bushfires, but actually needs fire to survive.

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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 81. 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 29 August 2026.
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#659,663
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#79,174
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Altmetric has tracked 34,240,007 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 211,322 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 98.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 62% of its peers.