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Logging elevated the probability of high-severity fire in the 2019–20 Australian forest fires

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arising from D. Bowman et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01464-6 (2021)

Beyond the work by Bowman et al.1 empirically confirming our original conclusions that logging contributes to fire severity2, we believe there are some substantial problems in their study that warrant further discussion.

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Fig. 1: Revised version of Fig. 3 from Bowman et al.1.

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  1. Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    David B. Lindenmayer & Chris Taylor

  2. School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia

    Phil Zylstra

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Robert Kooyman

  4. Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Michelle Ward & James E. M. Watson

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D.B.L. and P.Z. jointly conceived the concept for the paper. D.B.L. drafted an initial manuscript. R.K., C.T., M.W., J.E.M.W. and P.Z. provided extensive review.

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Lindenmayer, D.B., Zylstra, P., Kooyman, R. et al. Logging elevated the probability of high-severity fire in the 2019–20 Australian forest fires. Nat Ecol Evol 6, 533–535 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01717-y

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