Coexistence of Trees and Grass: Importance of climate and fire within the tropics

Jacquelyn K Shuman, PhD1, Rosemary Fisher1, Charles Koven2, Ryan G Knox3, Benjamin Andre1 and Erik Ben Kluzek4, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, United States