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The optimum fire window: applying the fire–productivity hypothesis to Jurassic climate states
Teuntje P. Hollaar
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WildFIRE Lab, Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PS, UK
Camborne School of Mines, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, TR10 9FE, UK
Claire M. Belcher
WildFIRE Lab, Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PS, UK
Micha Ruhl
Department of Geology, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Ireland
Jean-François Deconinck
Biogéosciences, UMR 6282 CNRS, Université de Bourgogne/Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
Stephen P. Hesselbo
Camborne School of Mines, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, TR10 9FE, UK
Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, TR10 9FE, UK
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Fires are limited in year-round wet climates (tropical rainforests; too wet), and in year-round dry climates (deserts; no fuel). This concept, the intermediate-productivity gradient, explains the global pattern of fire activity. Here we test this concept for climate states of the Jurassic (~190 Myr ago). We find that the intermediate-productivity gradient also applies in the Jurassic despite the very different ecosystem assemblages, with fires most frequent at times of high seasonality.
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