Fire regimes differ across tropical and subtropical biomes depending on multiple parameters
whose interactions and levels of importance are poorly understood, particularly at …

The aim of this study is to provide the drivers of long-term fire dynamics in various regions of
Sub-Saharan Africa using a synthesis of updated sedimentary charcoal records, from 25,000 …

ABSTRACT The Mau Forest Complex is Kenya's largest fragment of Afromontane forest,
providing critical ecosystem services, and has been subject to intense land use changes …

Societal Impact Statement Highland forests of Mozambique have been strongly modified by
human activities for millennia. Some highlands have sheer rock cliffs and are highly …

Fire is an important ecological disturbance in moist tropical forests influencing vegetation
composition and structure. Contemporary and historical records of forest fires in mountain …

The flooding and diversion of the Yellow River is a major concern for the Chinese. Since the
Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States periods, historical documents have …

Upland wetlands are disappearing throughout Africa. In Uganda the only remnants almost-
natural high altitude wetlands occur in the Lake Bunyonyi system. Biotic communities are …

Whirlwinds and visible dust devils occur over semi-arid ecosystems and entrain particles
from the ground surface. Fires produce abundant charcoal across savannahs and the …

Past forest fire events and fire frequencies are reconstructed with sediment–charcoal
records at lake catchment spatial scales. Few quantitative palaeofire analyses exist in …

Intermittent and sometimes ephemeral wetlands found in savannah ecosystems are subject
to complex hydrological and geomorphological processes that influence vegetation and fire …