A new analysis of the effect of climatic variation on forest fires goes back several thousand years. One take-home message is that a one-size-fits-all forest management strategy is, literally, short-sighted.
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Whitlock, C. Forests, fires and climate. Nature 432, 28–29 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/432028a
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