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What is a fire dependant ecosystem?
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Many ecosystems, particularly prairie, savanna, chaparral and coniferous forests, have evolved with fire as an essential contributor to habitat vitality and renewal.[2] Many plant species in fire-affected environments use fire to germinate, establish, or to reproduce. Wildfire suppression not only endangers these species, but also the animals that depend upon them.[3]
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A really cool example is that certain birds actually spread wildfires, because it forces their prey out of hiding.
https://www.livescience.com/61375-fire-spreading-raptors.html
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