Pyro-socioecological zoning: A proposal for fire management in the tropical dry forest

• Integrating five dimensions of wildfire enables the delineation of pyro‑socioecological zones. • The pyro-socioecological zones show distinctive wildfire dynamics. • Global climatic drivers may obscure local wildfire mechanisms. • Understanding dominant wildfire drivers improve global fire management strategies. Tropical dry forests (TDFs) are among the most extensive and threatened ecosystems of the Neotropics, characterized by strong seasonality and high sensitivity to disturbance. Under cli