Fire in the Earth System

被引:2261
作者
Bowman, David M. J. S.
Balch, Jennifer K. [1 ,3 ,4 ]
Artaxo, Paulo [5 ]
Bond, William J. [6 ]
Carlson, Jean M. [7 ]
Cochrane, Mark A. [8 ]
D'Antonio, Carla M. [9 ,10 ]
DeFries, Ruth S. [11 ]
Doyle, John C. [12 ]
Harrison, Sandy P. [13 ]
Johnston, Fay H. [2 ]
Keeley, Jon E. [14 ,15 ]
Krawchuk, Meg A. [16 ]
Kull, Christian A. [17 ]
Marston, J. Brad [18 ]
Moritz, Max A. [16 ]
Prentice, I. Colin [19 ]
Roos, Christopher I. [20 ]
Scott, Andrew C. [21 ]
Swetnam, Thomas W. [22 ]
van der Werf, Guido R. [23 ]
Pyne, Stephen J. [24 ]
机构
[1] Natl Ctr Ecol Anal & Synth, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 USA
[2] Univ Tasmania, Menzies Res Inst, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia
[3] Yale Univ, Sch Forestry & Environm Studies, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
[4] Woods Hole Res Ctr, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA
[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[6] Univ Cape Town, Dept Bot, ZA-7925 Cape Town, South Africa
[7] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[8] S Dakota State Univ, Geog Informat Sci Ctr Excellence, Brookings, SD 57007 USA
[9] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Environm Studies Program, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[10] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Ecol Evolut & Marine Biol, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[11] Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027 USA
[12] CALTECH, Dept Control & Dynam Syst, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[13] Univ Bristol, Sch Geog Sci, Bristol BS8 1SS, Avon, England
[14] US Geol Survey, Western Ecol Res Ctr, Sequoia Kings Canyon Field Stn, Three Rivers, CA 93271 USA
[15] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[16] Univ Calif Berkeley, Ecosyst Sci Div, Dept Environm Sci Policy & Management, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[17] Monash Univ, Sch Geog & Environm Sci, Melbourne, Vic 3800, Australia
[18] Brown Univ, Dept Phys, Providence, RI 02912 USA
[19] Univ Bristol, QUEST, Dept Earth Sci, Bristol BS8 1RJ, Avon, England
[20] Ohio State Univ, Dept Anthropol, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[21] Royal Holloway Univ London, Dept Earth Sci, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, England
[22] Univ Arizona, Tree Ring Res Lab, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[23] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Fac Earth & Life Sci, Dept Hydrol & Geoenvironm Sci, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
[24] Arizona State Univ, Sch Life Sci, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
FOREST-FIRES; CLIMATE; EXPANSION; HISTORY; ECOSYSTEMS; EVOLUTION; SYNCHRONY; EMISSIONS; ECOLOGY; CYCLE;
D O I
10.1126/science.1163886
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Fire is a worldwide phenomenon that appears in the geological record soon after the appearance of terrestrial plants. Fire influences global ecosystem patterns and processes, including vegetation distribution and structure, the carbon cycle, and climate. Although humans and fire have always coexisted, our capacity to manage fire remains imperfect and may become more difficult in the future as climate change alters fire regimes. This risk is difficult to assess, however, because fires are still poorly represented in global models. Here, we discuss some of the most important issues involved in developing a better understanding of the role of fire in the Earth system.
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页码:481 / 484
页数:4
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