Aim Global change factors, such as warming, heatwaves, droughts and land‐use changes,
are intensifying fire regimes (defined here as increasing frequency or severity of fires) in …

Invasive alien species (IAS) threaten human livelihoods and biodiversity globally. Increasing
globalization facilitates IAS arrival, and environmental changes, including climate change …

Restoration islands are concentrated plantings in strategic locations, created to efficiently
use resources to achieve restoration goals. These methods have been used effectively in …

Larger, more frequent wildfires in arid and semi‐arid ecosystems have been associated with
invasion by non‐native annual grasses, yet a complete understanding of fine fuel …

Mean surface temperatures have increased globally by~ 0.7 C per century since 1900 and
0.16 C per decade since 1970 (Levinson and Fettig 2014). Most of this warming is believed …

Natural disturbances are critical ecosystem processes, with both ecological and
socioeconomic benefits and disadvantages. Large herbivores are natural disturbances that …

Understanding the impacts of natural and human disturbances on forest biota is critical for
improving forest management. Many studies have examined the separate impacts on fauna …

Along with the increase in the frequency of disastrous wildfires and bushfires around the
world during the recent decades, scholarly research efforts have also intensified in this …

Abstract The Western United States is expected to undergo both extended periods of
drought and longer wildfire seasons under forecasted global climate change and it is …

Wildfires and climate change increasingly are transforming vegetation composition and
structure, and postfire management may have long‐lasting effects on ecosystem …