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@article{Bistinas:2013:10.1371/journal.pone.0081188,
author = {Bistinas, I and Oom, D and Sa, ACL and Harrison, SP and Prentice, IC and Pereira, JMC},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0081188},
journal = {PLOS ONE},
title = {Relationships between Human Population Density and Burned Area at Continental and Global Scales},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081188},
volume = {8},
year = {2013}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - We explore the large spatial variation in the relationship between population density and burned area, usingcontinental-scale Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) based on 13 years of satellite-derived burned areamaps from the global fire emissions database (GFED) and the human population density from the gridded populationof the world (GPW 2005). Significant relationships are observed over 51.5% of the global land area, and the areaaffected varies from continent to continent: population density has a significant impact on fire over most of Asia andAfrica but is important in explaining fire over < 22% of Europe and Australia. Increasing population density isassociated with both increased and decreased in fire. The nature of the relationship depends on land-use: increasingpopulation density is associated with increased burned are in rangelands but with decreased burned area incroplands. Overall, the relationship between population density and burned area is non-monotonic: burned areainitially increases with population density and then decreases when population density exceeds a threshold. Thesethresholds vary regionally. Our study contributes to improved understanding of how human activities relate to burnedarea, and should contribute to a better estimate of atmospheric emissions from biomass burning.
AU - Bistinas,I
AU - Oom,D
AU - Sa,ACL
AU - Harrison,SP
AU - Prentice,IC
AU - Pereira,JMC
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0081188
PY - 2013///
SN - 1932-6203
TI - Relationships between Human Population Density and Burned Area at Continental and Global Scales
T2 - PLOS ONE
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081188
UR - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000328735700004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/56720
VL - 8
ER -
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