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Fire Ecology

The study of the effects of fire on living organisms and their environment. (National Wildfire Coordinating Group/Fire Research And Management Exchange System)

Fire ecology is a branch of ecology that concentrates on the origins, cycles, and future stages of wildland fire. It discovers and evaluates the relationship of fire with living organisms and their environment.

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