By definition fire prone ecosystems have highly combustible plants, leading to the
hypothesis, first formally stated by Mutch in 1970, that community flammability is the product …

Ultramafic ecosystems are renowned for high endemism and habitat specialization.
However, most of our understanding of ultramafic plant ecology comes from Mediterranean …

Species distribution models (SDMs) represent a widely acknowledged tool to identify priority
areas on the basis of occurrence data and environmental factors. However, high levels of …

The tropical Far East has many outcrops of ultramafic rock including very large areas in
Sulawesi (c. 8000 km2) and New Caledonia (c. 5500 km2). The outcrops occur under …

Abstract Background New Caledonia is renowned as one of the world's most significant
biodiversity hotpots. The nutrient-deficiency and cations imbalances of ultramafic soils …

New Caledonia is a global biodiversity hotspot facing extreme environmental degradation.
Given the urgent need for conservation prioritisation, we have made a first-pass quantitative …

Despite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not
fully understood. This book provides the first global synthesis that compares plant …

RÉSUMÉ L'inventaire floristique présenté ici est le référentiel taxonomique Florical, base de
données évolutive (http://www. botanique. nc/herbier/florical). Il mentionne, à la date de …

Doushantuo acanthomorphic acritarchs are large morphologically complex organic-walled
microfossils broadly constrained between the∼ 635Ma Nantuo glaciation and the∼ 551Ma …

Widespread forest loss and fragmentation dramatically increases the proportion of forest
areas located close to edges. Although detrimental, the precise extent and mechanisms by …