Abstract Background Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and
western Montana, USA) have been immense in recent years, capturing the attention of …

Climate change resulting from increased concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide
([CO2]) is expected to result in warmer temperatures and changed precipitation regimes …

This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to
all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research …

They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

Each disturbance has both social and economic effects (Table 1). Estimating the costs of
each of these disturbances is very difficult; these estimates for the United States are …

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

International Journal of Wildland Fire Page 1 P ublishing Address manuscripts and editorial
enquiries to: International Journal of Wildland Fire Editor in Chief Dr Gwynfor Richards …

Landscapes are strongly shaped by the degree of interaction between pattern and process.
This paper examines how ecological memory, the degree to which an ecological process is …

Effective conservation planning requires, considering all the complicated biological, social
and economic factors which im**e on the ecological integrity of a site, and then focusing …

Fire is fundamental to the natural dynamics of the North American boreal forest. It is
therefore often suggested that the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances (eg logging) on a …