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FIGURE 5.8 Map of changes in area burned for a 1ºC increase in global average tem-
perature, shown as the percentage change relative to the median annual area burned
during 1950-2003. Results are aggregated to ecoprovinces (Bailey, 1995) of the West.
Changes in temperature and precipitation were aggregated to the ecoprovince level.
Climate-fire models were derived from NCDC climate division records and observed
area burned data following methods described in Littell et al. (2009). Sourcce: Figure
from Rob Norheim.
