Comparative analysis of spatial variation in forest fire drivers between boreal and subtropical ecosystems in China

Abstract Drivers of forest fire are complex and may spatially vary between different ecosystems; thus their identification is critical for the development of effective fire management strategies. Here we identified the spatial distribution trend and drivers of forest fire over the period of 2000–2016 in the boreal and subtropical forest ecosystems in China using trend analysis and the geographically weighted negative binomial regression model (GWNBR). The results reveal that forest fires were generally shifting from the boreal to sub-tropical region and that there were significant (p