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 …

Australia, the flattest, driest, and geologically oldest vegetated continent, has a uniquely high
proportion of nutrient‐poor soils. We develop a “Nutrient‐Poverty/Intense‐Fire Theory,” …

Summary 1 Savanna ecosystems are characterized by the codominance of two different life
forms: grasses and trees. An operational understanding of how these two different life forms …

Fire management is increasingly focusing on introducing heterogeneity in burning patterns
under the assumption that “pyrodiversity begets biodiversity.” This concept has been …

Nearly 90 percent of the earth's land surface is directly affected by human infrastructure and
activities, yet less than 5 percent is legally" protected" for biodiversity conservation--and …

Invasive alien grasses can increase fuel loads, leading to changes in fire regimes of invaded
ecosystems by increasing the frequency, intensity and spatial extent of fires. Andropogon …

Every year large proportions of northern Australia's tropical savanna landscapes are burnt,
resulting in high fire frequencies and short intervals between fires. The dominant fire …

Fire can cause profound changes in the composition and abundance of plant and animal
species, but logistics, unpredictability of weather, and inherent danger make it nearly …

Dry season fires are a feature of the tropical savannas of northern Australia. As part of a
landscape‐scale fire experiment, we examined the effects of fire regimes on tree survival in …

The phenology of a landscape is a key parameter in climate and biogeochemical cycle
models and its correct representation is central to the accurate simulation of carbon, water …