The extremely low precipitation of subtropical desert biomes might lead one to expect fire to be a major disturbance factor; however, fire is more common in the temperate grassland biome than in the subtropical desert biome. Why is this?

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The extremely low precipitation of subtropical desert
biomes might lead one to expect fire to be a major
disturbance factor; however, fire is more common in the
temperate grassland biome than in the subtropical
desert biome. Why is this?

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