Fire has always been a driving factor of life on Earth. Now that mankind has definitely joined
the other environmental forces in shaping the planet, lots of species are threatened by …

Abstract Knowledge of how disturbances such as fire shape habitat structure and
composition, and affect animal interactions, is fundamental to ecology and ecosystem …

Wildfires are among the basic ecological factors that change habitats and initiate the
succession of new forest communities. Burned areas are ephemeral habitats presenting a …

Background Fire creates habitats for many animals but changes in fire activity threaten
species worldwide. While conservation assessments routinely identify fire as a threat to …

The pyrodiversity begets biodiversity hypothesis suggests that wildfires drive habitat
diversification, allowing species with different niches to coexist and increasing biodiversity …

Wildfire regimes are being altered in ecosystems worldwide. The density of reptiles
responds to fires and changes to habitat structure. Some of the most vulnerable ecosystems …

Fire is a powerful environmental disturbance with the ability to shape many biomes
worldwide. However, global warming, land-use changes and other anthropogenic factors …

Fires, either natural or prescribed, are essential for conserving pyrogenic ecosystems;
however, climate change is predicted to increase fire severity possibly causing negative …

Socioeconomic and global climate changes are modifying fire regimes towards larger and
more intense fires. Studying the response of organisms to the occurrence of large fires is …

Prescribed fires are widely used for oak (Quercus) regeneration in hardwood forests, but the
reported effects on terrestrial salamanders are variable, with some authors describing little to …