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Title:

Synchronous fire activity in the tropical high Andes: an indication of regional climate forcing

Author(s):
Román-Cuesta, R. M.; Carmona-Moreno, C.; Lizcano, G.; New, M.; Silman, M.; Knoke, T.; Malhi, Y.; Oliveras, I.; Asbjornsen, H.; Vuille, M.
Abstract:
Global climate models suggest enhanced warming of the tropical mid and upper troposphere, with larger temperature rise rates at higher elevations. Changes in fire activity are amongst the most significant ecological consequences of rising temperatures and changing hydrological properties in mountainous ecosystems, and there is a global evidence of increased fire activity with elevation. Whilst fire research has become popular in the tropical lowlands, much less is known of the tropical high Ande...     »
Keywords:
Altitude; Climate; Climate Change; Ecosystem; Fires; Forests; Grassland; Humans; South America; Tundra
Journal title:
Global change biology
Year:
2014
Journal volume:
20
Journal issue:
6
Pages contribution:
1929--1942
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1111/gcb.12538
Print-ISSN:
1365-2486
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