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Alternative fire‐driven vegetation states |
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| Authors: | Juli G. Pausas |
| Affiliation: | CIDE‐CSIC, Montcada, Valencia, Spain |
| Abstract: | There is increasing evidence that alternative stable vegetation types exist for a given climate that are maintained by distinct fire regimes. Paritsis et al. (2014, this issue) provide an example in a temperate ecosystem. Here I briefly review cases of bi‐stability in various climates, and present a simple model for the transition between states in their system. |
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