Publications by authors named "Simon P K Bowring"
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- Landscape fragmentation can lead to both increases and decreases in wildfire burned area (BA), but the reasons for these opposing effects are not fully understood.
- A study using a land-fire model linked road density to fragmentation edge effects, finding that fragmentation reduced global BA by an average of -1.5%, but increased BA by over 20% in recently deforested tropical regions.
- The impact of fragmentation on BA varied with population density, showing a decrease in some areas while indicating higher intensity fires, suggesting that fire severity traits might not be directly related to the amount of BA.
Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) affects the fate and storage of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems, but its global importance remains uncertain. Accurately modeling and predicting CUE on a global scale is challenging due to inconsistencies in measurement techniques and the complex interactions of climatic, edaphic, and biological factors across scales. The link between microbial CUE and soil organic carbon relies on the stabilization of microbial necromass within soil aggregates or its association with minerals, necessitating an integration of microbial and stabilization processes in modeling approaches.
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