Fire is a complex physical and ecological process and one that has dramatically affected
New Zealand's landscapes and ecosystems in the post-settlement era. Prior to human …

In the framework of sustainable forest management, measuring site quality and predicting
site productivity remain a major forestry topic. Over the past years, it has been fostered by a …

Aim To produce a statistical stratification of the European environment, suitable for stratified
random sampling of ecological resources, the selection of sites for representative studies …

A standardized delineation of the world's mountains has many applications in research,
education, and the science-policy interface. Here we provide a new inventory of 8616 …

Predators often exert multi‐trophic cascading effects in terrestrial ecosystems. However, how
such predation may indirectly impact interactions between above‐and below‐ground biota …

Relationships between probabilities of occurrence for fifteen diadromous fish species and
environmental variables characterising their habitat in fluvial waters were explored using an …

The aim of this study was to examine how shifts in soil nutrient availability along a soil
chronosequence affected temperate rainforest vegetation. Soil nutrient availability, woody …

Background Although a standard taxonomy of organisms has existed for nearly 300 years,
no consensus has yet been reached on principles for systematization of ecological diversity …

It is widely recognised that the acquisition of high‐resolution palaeoclimate records from
southern mid‐latitude sites is essential for establishing a coherent picture of inter …

Historically, New Zealand was dominated by forest below the alpine treeline, but about
1000years of Polynesian and European colonisation has resulted in the destruction of …