Every year, large areas of savannas and woodlands burn due to natural conditions and land
management practices. Given the relevant level of greenhouse gas emissions produced by …

In 2020, the world's largest continuous stretch of wetlands, the Pantanal in South America,
recorded its most catastrophic fire season of the last two decades, resulting in severe …

The year 2017 was a megafire year, when huge areas burned on different continents. In
Brazil, a great extension of the Cerrado burned, raising once more the discussion about the …

Aim Fire is a natural disturbance in many ecosystems throughout the world where plant
populations can persist by the resprouting of individuals and/or by recruiting from seeds. We …

Fire is used worldwide to clear natural vegetation areas for economic activities and to
manage the regeneration of already opened sites. In Brazil, fire has been traditionally used …

Woody encroachment and forest progression are widespread in forest-savanna transitional
areas in Central Africa. Quantifying these dynamics and understanding their drivers at …

Aims Tropical savanna evolved in the presence of fire, depending on it to maintain its
physiognomies and biodiversity. Open ecosystems of tropical savanna burn frequently, and …

Fire is an environmental factor that helps in shaping plant communities by influencing their
structure and function. Frequency is an important component of the fire regime. In tropical …

Background Fire significantly transforms ecology and landscapes worldwide, impacting
carbon cycling, species interactions, and ecosystem functions. In the Brazilian Cerrado, a …

Fire is an evolutionary environmental filter in tropical savanna ecosystems altering functional
diversity and associated C pools in the biosphere and fluxes between the atmosphere and …