Ecosystems are dynamic systems with complex responses to environmental variation. In
response to pervasive stressors of changing climate and disturbance regimes, many …

Record‐breaking fire seasons in many regions across the globe raise important questions
about plant community responses to shifting fire regimes (ie, changing fire frequency …

Large old trees are some of the most iconic biota on earth and are integral parts of many
terrestrial ecosystems including those in tropical, temperate and boreal forests, deserts …

Fire shapes the distribution of savanna and forest through complex interactions involving
climate, resources and species traits. Based on data from central Brazil, we propose that …

It is difficult to find references to fire in general textbooks on ecology, conservation biology or
biogeography, in spite of the fact that large parts of the world burn on a regular basis, and …

Though the distribution of global vegetation can generally be predicted from climate,
grasslands are an exception. C4 grassy biomes cover vast areas that are warm enough and …

Summary 1 Savanna ecosystems are characterized by the codominance of two different life
forms: grasses and trees. An operational understanding of how these two different life forms …

Savannas are defined based on vegetation structure, the central concept being a
discontinuous tree cover in a continuous grass understorey. However, at the high‐rainfall …

Large old trees are critical organisms and ecological structures in forests, woodlands,
savannas, and agricultural and urban environments. They play many essential ecological …

Tropical savanna and forest are recognized to represent alternate stable states, primarily
determined by feedbacks with fire. Vegetation–fire dynamics in each of these vegetation …