**Appendix A**

**Figure A1.** Burnt area extent in million hectares for the investigated states over the past two decades, sub-divided by month of the fire season. The figure illustrates the usual distribution of fire activity throughout the fire season.

**Figure A2.** Cross-check regarding fire severity for each climate zone, given in percent of increase/decrease. The length of the bars visualizes the strength of the trend. The horizontal, black lines represent the error margins.


**Table A1.** Cross-check regarding fire severity for each climate zone.

**Figure A3.** Cross-check regarding fire severity for each ecological unit. The lengths of the bars visualize the strength of the trend. The horizontal, black lines represent the error margins.


**Table A2.** Trends regarding the burnt area size for each ecological unit in the area of interest. The ecological unit featuring a statistically significant trend is marked in dark gray. Ecological units showing trends close to statistical significance are depicted in light gray.


**Table A3.** Trends regarding the fire severity for each ecological unit in the area of interest. Ecological units featuring statistically significant trends are marked in dark gray. The ones showing trends close to statistical significance are depicted in light gray.


**Table A4.** Cross-check regarding fire severity for each ecological unit in the area of interest.

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