A Global Analysis of Hunter-Gatherers, Broadcast Fire Use, and Lightning-Fire-Prone Landscapes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Socioeconomic and Broadcast Fire Use Data
2.2. Biomes
2.3. Biophysical Data
2.4. Geodatabase and Logistic Regression
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Broadcast Fire Use and Lightning Fire-Prone Environments
4.2. Implications for Global Fire Studies
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Data Accessibility Statement
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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1 | Small-scale societies are commonly defined as politically autonomous groups of people, with populations ranging in size from 102 to 103 (Smith & Wishnie, 2000 [23]). Subsistence and land use can be characterized as a spectrum of hunting, gathering, and limited agricultural or pastoral activities. |
Biomes = All (N = 339), BFU Present/Absent = 156/183 | ||||
Coefficient | Standard Error | Z | p | |
Constant | −1.9614 | 0.3323 | −5.9041 | 3.55 × 10−9 |
Gathering* | 0.0207 | 0.0055 | 3.7512 | 1.76 × 10−4 |
Density* | 0.0171 | 0.0044 | 3.9653 | 7.33 × 10−5 |
LFP* | 0.0149 | 0.0029 | 5.1489 | 2.62 × 10−7 |
Biomes = Forested (N = 207), BFU Present/Absent = 84/123 | ||||
Coefficient | Standard Error | Z | p | |
Constant | −1.6934 | 0.3868 | −4.3784 | 1.20 × 10−5 |
Gathering | 0.0008 | 0.0079 | 0.1011 | 0.92 |
Density* | 0.0301 | 0.0060 | 5.0556 | 4.29 × 10−7 |
LFP* | 0.0094 | 0.0035 | 2.7088 | 6.75 × 10−3 |
Biomes = Unforested (N = 132), BFU Present/Absent = 72/60 | ||||
Coefficient | Standard Error | Z | p | |
Constant | −2.5255 | 0.7463 | −3.3839 | 7.15 × 10−4 |
Gathering* | 0.0371 | 0.0111 | 3.3396 | 8.39 × 10−4 |
Density | −0.0032 | 0.0072 | −0.4407 | 0.66 |
LFP* | 0.0226 | 0.0064 | 3.5498 | 3.86 × 10−4 |
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Coughlan, M.R.; Magi, B.I.; Derr, K.M. A Global Analysis of Hunter-Gatherers, Broadcast Fire Use, and Lightning-Fire-Prone Landscapes. Fire 2018, 1, 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1030041
Coughlan MR, Magi BI, Derr KM. A Global Analysis of Hunter-Gatherers, Broadcast Fire Use, and Lightning-Fire-Prone Landscapes. Fire. 2018; 1(3):41. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1030041
Chicago/Turabian StyleCoughlan, Michael R., Brian I. Magi, and Kelly M. Derr. 2018. "A Global Analysis of Hunter-Gatherers, Broadcast Fire Use, and Lightning-Fire-Prone Landscapes" Fire 1, no. 3: 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1030041