In many parts of the world forest disturbance regimes have intensified recently, and future
climatic changes are expected to amplify this development further in the coming decades …

Knowing how species respond to fire regimes is essential for ecologically sustainable
management. This axiom raises two important questions:(1) what knowledge is the most …

We expand the concept of “old growth” to encompass the distinct ecologies and
conservation values of the world's ancient grass‐dominated biomes. Biologically rich …

The current conditions of many seasonally dry forests in the western and southern United
States, especially those that once experienced low-to moderate-intensity fire regimes, leave …

This paper examines the past, present, and future use of the concept of historical range and
variability (HRV) in land management. The history, central concepts, benefits, and limitations …

Fire management practices affect alien plant invasions in diverse ways. I considered the
impact of six fire management practices on alien invasions: fire suppression, forest fuel …

This book addresses an important problem in ecology: how are communities assembled
from species pools? This pressing question underlies a broad array of practical problems in …

Background Frequent-fire forests of the western United States have undergone remarkable
changes in structure, composition, and function due to historical exclusion of naturally …

Forest understories across the northern United States (US) are a complex of tree seedlings,
endemic forbs, herbs, shrubs, and introduced plant species within a forest structure defined …

Summary 1 The identification of species associated with or indicative of groups of samples is
a common aspect of ecological research, including studies of environmental management …