Record‐breaking fire seasons in many regions across the globe raise important questions
about plant community responses to shifting fire regimes (ie, changing fire frequency …

The bulk of Earth's biological materials consist of few base substances—essentially proteins,
polysaccharides, and minerals—that assemble into large varieties of structures …

Background Botanists, ecologists and evolutionary biologists are familiar with the
astonishing species richness and endemism of the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region and …

Roughly 3% of the Earth's land surface burns annually, representing a critical exchange of
energy and matter between the land and atmosphere via combustion. Fires range from slow …

There are two broad mechanisms by which plant populations persist under recurrent
disturbances: resprouting from surviving tissues, and seedling recruitment. Species can …

Exploring the role of fire in each of the five Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems, this
book offers a unique view of the evolution of fire-adapted traits and the role of fire in sha** …

Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination differs from all
other books on seed germination. It is an all-encompassing volume that provides a working …

Ecologists, biogeographers, and paleobotanists have long thought that climate and soils
controlled the distribution of ecosystems, with the role of fire getting only limited …

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 …

Its wise and sensitive approach to working with local people will be relevant in situations
throughout the world.'ECOS'The numerous diagrams, tables of data, information flow charts …