An ecosystem is healthy if it is active, maintains its organization and autonomy over time,
and is resilient to stress. Healthy ecosystems provide human well‐being via ecosystem …

Natural organic biomass burning creates black carbon which forms a considerable
proportion of the soil's organic carbon. Due to black carbon's aromatic structure it is …

Fire activity in Australia is strongly affected by high inter-annual climate variability and
extremes. Through changes in the climate, anthropogenic climate change has the potential …

Bushfires are one of the most frequent natural hazards experienced in Australia. Fires play
an important role in sha** the landscape and its ecological dynamics, but may also have …

It is difficult to find references to fire in general textbooks on ecology, conservation biology or
biogeography, in spite of the fact that large parts of the world burn on a regular basis, and …

While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused primarily on protected areas
and reserves, the unprotected lands surrounding those area—the" matrix"—are equally …

Ecological history plays many roles in ecological restoration, most notably as a tool to
identify and characterize appropriate targets for restoration efforts. However, ecological …

This is the third edition of an established and successful university textbook. The original
structure and philosophy of the book continue in this new edition, providing a genuine …

The field of ecological restoration is a rapidly growing discipline that encompasses a wide
range of activities and brings together practitioners and theoreticians from a variety of …

Between fifty and ten thousand years ago, most large mammals became extinct everywhere
except Africa. Slow-breeding animals also were hard hit, regardless of size. This unusual …