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Fire shapes global vegetation

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A world that never burned would contain twice as much forest.

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  1. BondW. J., WoodwardF. I. & MidgleyG. F. New Phytologist 165, 525-538 (2005). doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01252.x

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