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Water vapor estimates are too low in the mountains and too high in the plains, which Zeller thinks is because the models feed off soil moisture estimates, not off vegetation.
They spent three years calibrating these fuels to local weather conditions, examining moisture dynamics and performing ignition tests.
The positive association between habitat moisture and the incidence and severity of disease suggests that the selective pressures imposed on plants by pathogenic fungi may vary among habitats.
Without trees to absorb the moisture, monsoon rains run off rapidly, swelling the rivers and causing severe floods downstream in India and Bangladesh.
, the expression of symptoms such as lesions or necrosis) [ 14 ] on plants due to air-borne fungi are favored by temperatures of 15-40°C [ 12 15 ] . Field studies on plant pathogens have demonstrated that the growth of fungi is favored by high moisture and moderate temperatures [ 3 15 16 17 18 ] and that low relative humidity and extreme temperatures inhibit growth and spore germination [ 13 19 ] . Other studies on soil fungi also show that prevalence differs among habitats and seasons and correlates positively with moisture and negatively with temperature [ 13 20 ] . This apparent positive relationship between moisture and fungal growth and abundance may result from the high surface-to-volume ratio of fungi, making them vulnerable to water loss.