Forest fires are key ecosystem modifiers affecting the biological, chemical, and physical
attributes of forest soils. The extent of soil disturbance by fire is largely dependent on fire …

Soils constitute one of the most valuable resources on earth, especially because soil is
renewable on human time scales. During the 20th century, a period marked by a …

Changes in climate, land use, and land management impact the occurrence and severity of
wildland fires in many parts of the world. This is particularly evident in Europe, where …

Recent advances in ecology and biogeography demonstrate the importance of fire and large
herbivores–and challenge the primacy of climate–to our understanding of the distribution …

Aims Understanding fine‐grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental
for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database …

An increasingly accepted paradigm in conservation attributes valued modern ecological
conditions to past human activities. Disturbances, including prescribed fire, are therefore …

Highlights•Fire uniquely disturbs ecosystems with persistent impacts on insect
communities.•Life history, interactions, adaptive traits and habitat structure affect …

This book begins with a brief account of the extraordinary sequence of events that led to
emergence of grasslands as major vegetation formations that now occupy some of the driest …

Land use changes have resulted in the loss and isolation of semi-natural habitats
worldwide. In intensively used agricultural landscapes the remnants of natural flora only …

Prescribed burning may induce erosion and change many physico-chemical properties of
forest soils and these may vary with different burn severity conditions. Few studies have …