TY  - JOUR
AU  - Beringer, Jason
AU  - Hutley, Lindsay B.
AU  - Abramson, David
AU  - Arndt, Stefan K.
AU  - Briggs, Peter
AU  - Bristow, Mila
AU  - Canadell, Josep G.
AU  - Cernusak, Lucas A.
AU  - Eamus, Derek
AU  - Edwards, Andrew C.
AU  - Evans, Bradley J.
AU  - Fest, Benedikt
AU  - Görgen, Klaus
AU  - Grover, Samantha P.
AU  - Hacker, Jorg
AU  - Haverd, Vanessa
AU  - Kanniah, Kasturi
AU  - Livesley, Stephen J.
AU  - Lynch, Amanda
AU  - Maier, Stefan
AU  - Moore, Caitlin
AU  - Raupach, Michael
AU  - Russell-Smith, Jeremy
AU  - Scheiter, Simon
AU  - Tapper, Nigel J.
AU  - Uotila, Petteri
TI  - Fire in Australian savannas: from leaf to landscape
JO  - Global change biology
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
SN  - 1354-1013
CY  - Oxford [u.a.]
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
M1  - FZJ-2016-00026
SP  - 62 - 81
PY  - 2015
AB  - Savanna ecosystems comprise 22% of the global terrestrial surface and 25% of Australia (almost 1.9 million km2) and provide significant ecosystem services through carbon and water cycles and the maintenance of biodiversity. The current structure, composition and distribution of Australian savannas have coevolved with fire, yet remain driven by the dynamic constraints of their bioclimatic niche. Fire in Australian savannas influences both the biophysical and biogeochemical processes at multiple scales from leaf to landscape. Here, we present the latest emission estimates from Australian savanna biomass burning and their contribution to global greenhouse gas budgets. We then review our understanding of the impacts of fire on ecosystem function and local surface water and heat balances, which in turn influence regional climate. We show how savanna fires are coupled to the global climate through the carbon cycle and fire regimes. We present new research that climate change is likely to alter the structure and function of savannas through shifts in moisture availability and increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in turn altering fire regimes with further feedbacks to climate. We explore opportunities to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from savanna ecosystems through changes in savanna fire management.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000346698100009
C6  - pmid:25044767
DO  - DOI:10.1111/gcb.12686
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/280218
ER  -