Effect of fire on small mammals: a systematic review

AD Griffiths, BW Brook - International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2014 - CSIRO Publishing
Fire is a natural disturbance that exerts an important influence on global ecosystems,
affecting vegetation distribution and structure, the carbon cycle and climate. However …

Fire refugia: what are they, and why do they matter for global change?

AJH Meddens, CA Kolden, JA Lutz, AMS Smith… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Fire refugia are landscape elements that remain unburned or minimally affected by fire,
thereby supporting postfire ecosystem function, biodiversity, and resilience to disturbances …

Population fluctuations and synanthropy explain transmission risk in rodent-borne zoonoses

F Ecke, BA Han, B Hörnfeldt, H Khalil… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Population fluctuations are widespread across the animal kingdom, especially in the order
Rodentia, which includes many globally important reservoir species for zoonotic pathogens …

Post-fire succession of small mammals in the Cerrado of central Brazil

DC Briani, ART Palma, EM Vieira… - Biodiversity & …, 2004 - Springer
In the Cerrado savannas from Brazil fire events are common and strongly influence the
vegetation structure and, consequently, the associated small mammals. In this paper, we …

No net loss of species diversity after prescribed fires in the Brazilian savanna

G Durigan, NAL Pilon, RCR Abreu… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Although savannas are fire-adapted ecosystems, prescribing fire for biodiversity
conservation remains controversial at least in some regions where savannas occur. Faced …

Winter grazing can reduce wildfire size, intensity and behaviour in a shrub-grassland

KW Davies, CS Boyd, JD Bates… - International Journal of …, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
An increase in mega-fires and wildfires is a global issue that is expected to become worse
with climate change. Fuel treatments are often recommended to moderate behaviour and …

Ecological benefits of strategically applied livestock grazing in sagebrush communities

KW Davies, CS Boyd, JD Bates, LN Svejcar… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There are concerns about the negative consequences of non‐native livestock grazing of
sagebrush communities, especially since these communities are experiencing unpreceded …

[PDF][PDF] Efeitos do regime do fogo sobre a estrutura de comunidades de cerrado: Resultados do projeto Fogo

HS Miranda - Brasília-DF, Ibama, 2010 - dataserver-coids.inpe.br
A Reserva Ecológica do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) é uma
importante unidade de conservação que, junto com a Estação Ecológica do Jardim …

Fire affects the occurrence of small mammals at distinct spatial scales in a neotropical savanna

ACL Camargo, ROL Barrio, NF de Camargo… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Fire is a major disturbance event that affects biomes worldwide, altering vegetation structure
and flora and fauna assemblages. Here, we investigated the effects of an extensive wildfire …

The response of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) to habitat modification in a neotropical savannah

HFM de Oliveira, NF de Camargo… - Tropical …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) is a biodiversity hotspot with high deforestation rates that
lead to extensive habitat changes, especially around protected areas (PAs). In our study, we …