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What controls the distribution of tropical forest and savanna? by Murphy, Brett P., Bowman, David M.J.S.

“…Ecology Letters (2012) 15: 748–758 Forest and savanna biomes dominate the tropics, yet factors controlling their distribution remain poorly understood. Climate…”
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Estimated Global Mortality Attributable to Smoke from Landscape Fires by Johnston, Fay H., Henderson, Sarah B., Chen, Yang, Randerson, James T., Marlier, Miriam, DeFries, Ruth S., Kinney, Patrick, Bowman, David M.J.S., Brauer, Michael

“…Background: Forest, grassland peat fires release approximately 2 petagrams of carbon into the atmosphere each year, influencing weather, climate, and air…”
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Effects of high‐severity fire drove the population collapse of the subalpine Tasmanian endemic conifer Athrotaxis cupressoides by Holz, Andrés, Wood, Sam W, Veblen, Thomas T, Bowman, David M.J.S

“…Athrotaxis cupressoides is a slow‐growing and long‐lived conifer that occurs in the subalpine temperate forests of Tasmania, a continental island to the south…”
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Detecting trends in tree growth: not so simple by Bowman, David M.J.S, Brienen, Roel J.W, Gloor, Emanuel, Phillips, Oliver L, Prior, Lynda D

“…Tree biomass influences biogeochemical cycles, climate, and biodiversity across local to global scales. Understanding the environmental control of tree biomass…”
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Climate Change, Landscape Fires, and Human Health: A Global Perspective by Johnston, Fay H, Williamson, Grant, Borchers-Arriagada, Nicolas, Henderson, Sarah B, Bowman, David M.J.S

“…Landscape fires are an integral component of the Earth system and a feature of prehistoric, subsistence, and industrial economies. Specific spatiotemporal…”
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Fire in the Earth System by Bowman, David M.J.S, Balch, Jennifer K, Artaxo, Paulo, Bond, William J, Carlson, Jean M, Cochrane, Mark A, D'Antonio, Carla M, DeFries, Ruth S, Doyle, John C, Harrison, Sandy P, Johnston, Fay H, Keeley, Jon E, Krawchuk, Meg A, Kull, Christian A, Marston, J. Brad, Moritz, Max A, Prentice, I. Colin, Roos, Christopher I, Scott, Andrew C, Swetnam, Thomas W, van der Werf, Guido R, Pyne, Stephen J

“…Fire is a worldwide phenomenon that appears in the geological record soon after the appearance of terrestrial plants. Fire influences global ecosystem patterns…”
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Predicting the minimum height of forest fire smoke within the atmosphere using machine learning and data from the CALIPSO satellite by Yao, Jiayun, Raffuse, Sean M., Brauer, Michael, Williamson, Grant J., Bowman, David M.J.S., Johnston, Fay H., Henderson, Sarah B.

“…Forest fire smoke is a growing public health concern as more intense and frequent fires are expected under climate change. Remote sensing is a promising tool…”
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Understanding Fire Regimes for a Better Anthropocene by Kelly, Luke T, Fletcher, Michael-Shawn, Oliveras Menor, Imma, Pellegrini, Adam F.A, Plumanns-Pouton, Ella S, Pons, Pere, Williamson, Grant J, Bowman, David M.J.S

“…Fire is an integral part of the Earth System and humans have skillfully used fire for millennia. Yet human activities are scaling up and reinforcing each other…”
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Garden design can reduce wildfire risk and drive more sustainable co-existence with wildfire by Stefania Ondei, Owen F. Price, David M.J.S. Bowman

“…Abstract Destructive wildfire disasters are escalating globally, challenging existing fire management paradigms. The establishment of defensible space around…”
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Aboriginal myth meets DNA analysis by Bowman, David M. J. S., Gibson, Jason, Kondo, Toshiaki

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Pyrogeography and the Global Quest for Sustainable Fire Management by Bowman, David M.J.S, O'Brien, Jessica A, Goldammer, Johann G

“…Fire is an ancient influence on the Earth system, affecting biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems. Humans have had a profound influence on global fire activity…”
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Health Impacts of Ambient Biomass Smoke in Tasmania, Australia by Borchers-Arriagada, Nicolas, Palmer, Andrew J, Bowman, David M J S, Williamson, Grant J, Johnston, Fay H

“…The island state of Tasmania has marked seasonal variations of fine particulate matter (PM ) concentrations related to wood heating during winter, planned…”
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Measurement of inter- and intra-annual variability of landscape fire activity at a continental scale: the Australian case by Williamson, Grant J, Prior, Lynda D, Jolly, W Matt, Cochrane, Mark A, Murphy, Brett P, Bowman, David M J S

“…Climate dynamics at diurnal, seasonal and inter-annual scales shape global fire activity, although difficulties of assembling reliable fire and meteorological…”
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Future changes in climatic water balance determine potential for transformational shifts in Australian fire regimes by Boer, Matthias M, Bowman, David M J S, Murphy, Brett P, Cary, Geoffrey J, Cochrane, Mark A, Fensham, Roderick J, Krawchuk, Meg A, Price, Owen F, De Dios, Víctor Resco, Williams, Richard J, Bradstock, Ross A

“…Most studies of climate change effects on fire regimes assume a gradual reorganization of pyrogeographic patterns and have not considered the potential for…”
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Using a rainforest-flame forest mosaic to test the hypothesis that leaf and litter fuel flammability is under natural selection by Clarke, Peter J, Prior, Lynda D, French, Ben J, Vincent, Ben, Knox, Kirsten J. E, Bowman, David M. J. S

“…We used a mosaic of infrequently burnt temperate rainforest and adjacent, frequently burnt eucalypt forests in temperate eastern Australia to test whether: (1)…”
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Brave new green world – Consequences of a carbon economy for the conservation of Australian biodiversity by Bradshaw, Corey J.A., Bowman, David M.J.S., Bond, Nick R., Murphy, Brett P., Moore, Andrew D., Fordham, Damien A., Thackway, Richard, Lawes, Michael J., McCallum, Hamish, Gregory, Stephen D., Dalal, Ram C., Boer, Matthias M., Lynch, A. Jasmyn J., Bradstock, Ross A., Brook, Barry W., Henry, Beverley K., Hunt, Leigh P., Fisher, Diana O., Hunter, David, Johnson, Christopher N., Keith, David A., Lefroy, Edward C., Penman, Trent D., Meyer, Wayne S., Thomson, James R., Thornton, Craig M., VanDerWal, Jeremy, Williams, Richard J., Keniger, Lucy, Specht, Alison

“…► Australia’s new carbon price will have profound implications for land-use change. ► Major changes will arise from environmental plantings and regrowth & fire…”
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Pattern, prediction and parsimony in continental‐scale synthesis of pyromes: a reply to Gosper et al by Murphy, Brett P, Lawes, Michael J, Bowman, David M.J.S

“…We (Murphy et al., 2013; Clarke et al., 2015) have recently developed a framework to understand the spatial distribution of fire regimes and plant…”
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Using Digital Technology to Protect Health in Prolonged Poor Air Quality Episodes: A Case Study of the AirRater App during the Australian 2019–20 Fires by Campbell, Sharon L., Jones, Penelope J., Williamson, Grant J., Wheeler, Amanda J., Lucani, Christopher, Bowman, David M. J. S., Johnston, Fay H.

“…In the southern hemisphere summer of 2019–20, Australia experienced its most severe bushfire season on record. Smoke from fires affected 80% of the population,…”
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Population structures of the widespread Australian conifer Callitris columellaris are a bio-indicator of continental environmental change by Prior, Lynda D., McCaw, W. Lachlan, Grierson, Pauline F., Murphy, Brett P., Bowman, David M.J.S.

“…► C. columellaris is widespread across Australia but sensitive to fire and herbivory. ► There is evidence of a chronic recruitment deficit in much of the arid…”
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Indigenous Fire-Managed Landscapes in Southeast Australia during the Holocene—New Insights from the Furneaux Group Islands, Bass Strait by Adeleye, Matthew A., Haberle, Simon G., Connor, Simon E., Stevenson, Janelle, Bowman, David M.J.S.

“…Indigenous land use and climate have shaped fire regimes in southeast Australia during the Holocene, although their relative influence remains unclear. The…”
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