Numerous current efforts seek to improve the representation of ecosystem ecology and
vegetation demographic processes within Earth System Models (ESM s). These …

Fire positively and negatively affects food webs across all trophic levels and guilds and
influences a range of ecological processes that reinforce fire regimes, such as nutrient …

Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Biomass burning impacts vegetation dynamics, biogeochemical cycling, atmospheric
chemistry, and climate, with sometimes deleterious socio-economic impacts. Under future …

The extirpation of native wildlife species and widespread establishment of livestock farming
has dramatically distorted large mammal herbivore communities across the globe …

Fire and herbivory are the two consumers of above-ground biomass globally. They have
contrasting impacts as they differ in terms of selectivity and temporal occurrence. Here, we …

Fire activity varies substantially at global scales because of the influence of climate, but at
broad spatiotemporal scales, the possible effects of herbivory on fire activity are unknown …

Large vertebrates affect fire regimes in several ways: by consuming plant matter that would
otherwise accumulate as fuel; by controlling and varying the density of vegetation; and by …

Plants provide humans with oxygen, food, fibre and fuel, but their effectiveness in performing
these roles is affected by herbivores. Historically, studies on insect herbivory have primarily …

Fire and herbivory interact to alter ecosystems and carbon cycling. In savannas, herbivores
can reduce fire activity by removing grass biomass, but the size of these effects and what …