@article{Bistinas:2013:10.1371/journal.pone.0081188,
author = {Bistinas, I and Oom, D and Sa, ACL and Harrison, SP and Prentice, IC and Pereira, JMC},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0081188},
journal = {PLOS ONE},
title = {Relationships between Human Population Density and Burned Area at Continental and Global Scales},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081188},
volume = {8},
year = {2013}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We  explore  the  large  spatial  variation  in  the  relationship  between  population  density  and  burned  area,  usingcontinental-scale Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) based on 13 years of satellite-derived burned areamaps from the global fire emissions database (GFED) and the human population density from the gridded populationof the world (GPW 2005). Significant relationships are observed over 51.5% of the global land area, and the areaaffected varies from continent to continent: population density has a significant impact on fire over most of Asia andAfrica  but  is  important  in  explaining  fire  over  <  22%  of  Europe  and  Australia.  Increasing  population  density  isassociated with both increased and decreased in fire. The nature of the relationship depends on land-use: increasingpopulation  density  is  associated  with  increased  burned  are  in  rangelands  but  with  decreased  burned  area  incroplands. Overall, the relationship between population density and burned area is non-monotonic: burned areainitially increases with population density and then decreases when population density exceeds a threshold. Thesethresholds vary regionally. Our study contributes to improved understanding of how human activities relate to burnedarea, and should contribute to a better estimate of atmospheric emissions from biomass burning.
AU  - Bistinas,I
AU  - Oom,D
AU  - Sa,ACL
AU  - Harrison,SP
AU  - Prentice,IC
AU  - Pereira,JMC
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0081188
PY  - 2013///
SN  - 1932-6203
TI  - Relationships between Human Population Density and Burned Area at Continental and Global Scales
T2  - PLOS ONE
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081188
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000328735700004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/56720
VL  - 8
ER  - 

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