Letter to the editor on "Nonlinear dynamics of fires in Africa over recent decades controlled by precipitation".
Time series of burned area versus cropland land cover type in sub-Saharan Africa do not demonstrate an inverse relationship between fire activity and cropland expansion in the most fire-prone continent, as was suggested by several authors.
['Zubkova|Maria|M|https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7075-6936', 'Giglio|Louis|L|https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6312-7955']
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