Both fire and predators have strong influences on the population dynamics and behaviour of
animals, and the effects of predators may either be strengthened or weakened by fire …

Despite the existing large body of research on plant–animal interactions, plant research and
animal research are still relatively independent and asymmetrical in relation to disturbance …

The loss of open habitats in Europe has led to severe declines in birds associated with these
habitats. However, certain ecological disturbances reverse the trend towards afforestation …

Aim As climate change intensifies and wildfire frequency and scale increase, it is critical we
develop a robust understanding of how species recover from these major disturbances …

Deserts are often highly biodiverse and provide important habitats for many threatened
species. Fire is a dominant disturbance in deserts, and prescribed burning is increasingly …

Planned burning generates different types of pyrodiversity, however, experimental tests of
how alternative spatial patterns of burning influence animal communities remain rare. Field …

Wildfires simplify ecosystems, modifying the ecological niches of the fauna living in the
recently burned areas. Small mammals respond rapidly to changes in habitat structure and …

Fire regimes are changing dramatically worldwide due to climate change, habitat
conversion, and the suppression of Indigenous landscape management. Although there has …

Background. Habitat complexity, predation risk, and intraspecific competition shape rodent
communities and impact foraging. Wildfires remove vegetation shelter, which increases the …

Rodents respond quickly to changes in habitat structure after wildfires. They constitute
important prey items for vertebrate predators and influence vegetation structure and …