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The impacts of inter- and intra-seasonal burns on the terrestrial orchid Pterostylis curta
Prescribed burning is a management tool used for both management of fuel loads and for ecological purposes across fire prone areas. While in...
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Smoke effects on the germination of Cerrado species
Fire is a natural component in tropical open ecosystems. Therefore, species are adapted to and thrive in post-fire conditions. In these fire-prone...
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Simulating long-term wildfire impacts on boreal forest structure in Central Yakutia, Siberia, since the Last Glacial Maximum
BackgroundWildfires are recognized as an important ecological component of larch-dominated boreal forests in eastern Siberia. However, long-term...
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Post-fire Recruitment Failure as a Driver of Forest to Non-forest Ecosystem Shifts in Boreal Regions
Climate change and land-use are driving large changes in forest ecosystems around the globe. In the boreal biome it is likely that increases in...
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Extreme wildfire supersedes long-term fuel treatment influences on fuel and vegetation in chaparral ecosystems of northern California, USA
BackgroundWithin California’s chaparral ecosystems, fuel reduction treatments are commonly used to reduce the negative impacts of wildfire but the...
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Vegetation, fuels, and fire-behavior responses to linear fuel-break treatments in and around burned sagebrush steppe: are we breaking the grass-fire cycle?
BackgroundLinear fuel breaks are being implemented to moderate fire behavior and improve wildfire containment in semiarid landscapes such as the...
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The multitrophic system configuration on galls of Macairea radula (Melastomataceae) induced by Palaeomystella oligophaga (Lepidoptera) depends on abiotic events
The galling insects, host plants and all gall-interacting organisms may depend on environmental conditions and stochasticity to establish and...
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Time since fire affects ecological stoichiometry of plant–soil–microbial systems of Betula platyphylla, a pioneer species in burnt areas of China’s boreal forest
Plant stoichiometry and nutrient allocation may reflect adaptation strategies to environmental nutrient changes. Fire, as a major disturbance in...
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Climate change and altered fire regimes: impacts on plant populations, species, and ecosystems in both hemispheres
Extreme fire seasons in both hemispheres in 2019 and 2020 have highlighted the strong link between climate warming and altered fire regimes. While...
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Ecosystem type and species’ traits help explain bird responses to spatial patterns of fire
BackgroundUnderstanding how temporal and spatial attributes of fire regimes, environmental conditions, and species’ traits interact to shape...
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Germination response of woody species to laboratory-simulated fire severity and airborne nitrogen deposition: a post-fire recovery strategy perspective
Two drivers of global change that affect ecosystem function include wildland fire regimes characterised by frequent, severe fires and increased...
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Fire regimes over a 1070-m elevational gradient, San Francisco Peaks/Dook’o’oosłííd, Arizona, USA
BackgroundSteep elevational gradients bring multiple forest types and fire regimes together in close proximity. The San Francisco...
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Some like it burnt: species differences in small mammal assemblage in a Mediterranean basin nearly 3 years after a major fire
The habitat accommodation model (HAM) is a theoretical framework that predicts wildlife community recovery based on their habitat requirements. While...
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Fuel treatments in shrublands experiencing pinyon and juniper expansion result in trade-offs between desired vegetation and increased fire behavior
BackgroundNative pinyon ( Pinus spp.) and juniper ( Juniperus spp.) trees are expanding into shrubland communities across the Western United States....
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Shifts in Ecological Legacies Support Hysteresis of Stand Type Conversions in Boreal Forests
Many disturbances are shifting in severity, frequency, and extent due to changing climate and human activities. Altered disturbance regimes can...
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Phragmites-fire feedbacks: the influence of fire and disturbance-altered hydrology on the abundance of Phragmites australis
Historical land-use conversion and drainage may increase the risk of high intensity, soil-consuming fires in peatlands. Severe fires may degrade...
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Fuel types misrepresent forest structure and composition in interior British Columbia: a way forward
BackgroundA clear understanding of the connectivity, structure, and composition of wildland fuels is essential for effective wildfire management....
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The effect of time since last fire occurrence on selected soil hydrological properties in a South African savanna
BackgroundFires are a natural occurrence in African savannas yet little is known about how fires affect soil hydrological properties over time. This...
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Cone and fruit impacts on understory flammability depend on traits and forest floor coverage
BackgroundUnderstory flammability is affected by abscised plant tissue. Extensive research has shown how interspecific differences in leaf litter...
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Impact and recovery of forest cover following wildfire in the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States
BackgroundAnthropogenic climate change is expected to catalyze forest conversion to grass and shrublands due to more extreme fire behavior and hotter...
