Clarifying the role of fire in the deciduous forests of eastern North America: reply to Matlack

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• ¹ Department of Forestry, University of Missouri, 203 ABNR Building, Columbia, MO, 65211, U.S.A.. [email protected].
• ² Department of Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 324 Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, U.S.A.
• ³ Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, U.S.A.
• ⁴ U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Northern Research Station, University of Missouri, 202 ABNR Building, Columbia, MO, 65211, U.S.A.
• ⁵ Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90329, Durham, NC, 27708, U.S.A.
• ⁶ Department of Forestry and Conservation, Clemson University, 221 Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, SC, 29634, U.S.A.
• ⁷ Department of Forestry, University of Missouri, 203 ABNR Building, Columbia, MO, 65211, U.S.A.
• ⁸ Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, 280 Ellington Plant Sciences, Knoxville, TN, 37996, U.S.A.
• ⁹ The Nature Conservancy, Virginia Chapter, 490 Westfield Road, Charlottesville, VA, 22901, U.S.A.
• ¹⁰ U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Research Station, Clemson University, 233 Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, SC, 29634, U.S.A.