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Reductions in NO 2 burden over north equatorial Africa from decline in biomass burning in spite of growing fossil fuel use, 2005 to 2017

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Madagascar's fire regimes challenge global assumptions about landscape degradation

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Soil microbial diversity and network complexity sustain ecosystem multifunctionality following afforestation in a dry-hot valley savanna

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Trends and gaps of the scientific literature about the effects of fire on Brazilian Cerrado

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The inverted forest: Aboveground and notably large belowground carbon stocks and their drivers in Brazilian savannas

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To graze or not to graze: A core question for conservation and sustainable use of grassy ecosystems in Brazil

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Your best buds are worth protecting: Variation in bud protection in a fire‐prone cerrado system

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Reduced global fire activity due to human demography slows global warming by enhanced land carbon uptake

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Valuing the functionality of tropical ecosystems beyond carbon

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Savanna turning into forest: concerted vegetation change at the ecotone between the Amazon and “Cerrado” biomes

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Assessment of the nursery species pool for restoring landscapes in southeastern Brazil

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Rethinking standards of permanence for terrestrial and coastal carbon: implications for governance and sustainability

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Correlates of geoxyle diversity in Afrotropical grasslands

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Reconciling climate action with the need for biodiversity protection, restoration and rehabilitation

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Tailoring restoration interventions to the grassland‐savanna‐forest complex in central Brazil

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Spatiotemporal Patterns and Phenology of Tropical Vegetation Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence across Brazilian Biomes Using Satellite Observations

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Carbon Storage Potential of Silvopastoral Systems of Colombia

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Mapping native and non-native vegetation in the Brazilian Cerrado using freely available satellite products

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Should we burn the Cerrado? Effects of fire frequency on open savanna plant communities

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Rangeland afforestation is not a natural climate solution

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Groundwater depth as a constraint on the woody cover in a Neotropical Savanna

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Fire promotes functional plant diversity and modifies soil carbon dynamics in tropical savanna

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Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado

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Trade‐offs between savanna woody plant diversity and carbon storage in the Brazilian Cerrado

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No Net Loss of Species Diversity After Prescribed Fires in the Brazilian Savanna

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Central Africa's mesic savannas should be conserved, not afforested

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Shifts in functional traits elevate risk of fire‐driven tree dieback in tropical savanna and forest biomes

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Fire‐sensitive species dominate seed rain after fire suppression: Implications for plant community diversity and woody encroachment in the Cerrado

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