Table 6. Distribution of significant trends in fire weather season length and long fire weather season affected area by continent and biome.

Continent	Biome	Min	1st quarter	Median	3rd quarter	Max	N
Africa	Tropical forest	−1.33	−0.116	0.287	0.641	2.120	147
	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands	−1.790	0.668	0.597	1.11	2.22	853
	Temperate and montane grasslands, savannas and shrublands	−0.75	−0.333	0.254	0.448	1.76	30
	Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub	0.205	0.306	0.360	0.465	0.775	29
	Xeric shrublands	−1.55	−0.867	0.477	1.10	1.98	141
Eurasia	Tropical forest	−1.04	−0.295	0.0417	0.114	1.46	335
	Temperate broadleaf forests	0.257	0.106	0.161	0.271	2.02	642
	Temperate conifer forests	−0.318	0.0767	0.114	0.248	2.14	158
	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands	−0.578	0.059	0.0715	0.111	0.179	5
	Temperate and montane grasslands, savannas and shrublands	−1.14	0.0608	0.182	0.2590	1.62	659
	Boreal forests/taiga and tundra	−0.496	−0.136	−0.0519	0.063	0.251	711
	Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub	−0.285	0.336	0.414	0.542	0.83	123
	Xeric shrublands	−1.22	−0.252	0.363	0.665	2.15	563
Australia/New Zealand	Tropical forest	−0.537	−0.523	−0.429	−0.172	1.67	4
	Temperate broadleaf forests	0.0932	0.108	0.147	0.153	0.301	25
	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands	−1.34	−0.965	−0.633	0.49	0.968	51
	Temperate and montane grasslands, savannas and shrublands	0.0428	0.106	0.111	0.13	0.13	35
	Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub	−0.559	−0.278	0.181	0.315	0.341	9
	Xeric shrublands	−1.09	−0.703	−0.548	−0.291	0.439	62
North America	Tropical forest	−0.364	0.391	0.719	1.28	1.97	112
	Temperate broadleaf forests	−0.264	0.0492	0.105	0.17	0.228	66
	Temperate conifer forests	−0.222	0.0315	0.246	0.441	1.03	288
	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands	0.119	0.126	0.133	0.141	0.148	2
	Temperate and montane grasslands, savannas and shrublands	0.0469	0.261	0.322	0.464	0.813	120
	Boreal forests/taiga and tundra	−0.302	−0.10	0.0399	0.0731	0.264	809
	Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub	−0.823	0.624	0.761	0.893	1.410	16
	Xeric shrublands	0.162	0.433	0.56	0.681	1.210	287
South America	Tropical forest	−1.76	−0.0863	0.252	0.731	2.04	706
	Temperate broadleaf forests	−2.53	−0.557	0.0288	0.0957	0.275	36
	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands	−0.887	0.62	0.947	1.30	2.39	320
	Temperate and montane grasslands, savannas and shrublands	−2.64	−0.829	−0.375	0.302	0.966	258
	Xeric shrublands	−2.660	−0.588	1.440	1.650	2.070	112

Statistical summaries of all significant, pixel-based fire weather season length linear trends from 1979 to 2013 by biome for Africa and Eurasia. All values are trend coefficients in days per year, representing an increase or decrease in the fire weather season length. N represents the number of significant pixels in each continent × biome. Slopes were estimated using the Theil–Sen non-parametric trend slope estimator.