[HTML][HTML] Understanding Brazil's catastrophic fires: Causes, consequences and policy needed to prevent future tragedies

VR Pivello, I Vieira, AV Christianini, DB Ribeiro… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Brazil has experienced unprecedented wildfires in the last decade. Images of immense
burnt areas or dead animals that failed to escape the 2020 wildfires have shocked the world …

The impact of fire on soil-dwelling biota: A review

G Certini, D Moya, ME Lucas-Borja… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fire has always been a driving factor of life on Earth. Now that mankind has definitely joined
the other environmental forces in sha** the planet, lots of species are threatened by …

[BOOK][B] Open ecosystems: ecology and evolution beyond the forest edge

WJ Bond - 2019 - books.google.com
This book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of'open ecosystems', which
include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support …

Responses of ant communities to disturbance: Five principles for understanding the disturbance dynamics of a globally dominant faunal group

AN Andersen - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological disturbance is fundamental to the dynamics of biological communities, yet a
conceptual framework for understanding the responses of faunal communities to …

[HTML][HTML] Responses from bees, butterflies, and ground beetles to different fire and site characteristics: a global meta-analysis

SC Mason Jr, V Shirey, LC Ponisio, JK Gelhaus - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change in concert with fire suppression is increasing the size, severity and
frequency of fires globally. At the same time, insects, an exceptionally biodiverse group that …

No net loss of species diversity after prescribed fires in the Brazilian savanna

G Durigan, NAL Pilon, RCR Abreu… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Although savannas are fire-adapted ecosystems, prescribing fire for biodiversity
conservation remains controversial at least in some regions where savannas occur. Faced …

Faunal responses to fire in Australian tropical savannas: Insights from field experiments and their lessons for conservation management

AN Andersen - Diversity and distributions, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Fire is particularly frequent, complex and contentious in the vast tropical savannas of
northern Australia, where declines in many threatened species are associated with fire, and …

[HTML][HTML] To graze or not to graze: A core question for conservation and sustainable use of grassy ecosystems in Brazil

R Baggio, GE Overbeck, G Durigan, VD Pillar - Perspectives in Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Differently from commonly used forest conservation strategies, the absence of disturbance in
non-forest-ecosystems can result in loss of biodiversity. Grassy ecosystems characterize …

Cerrado vegetation types determine how land use impacts ant biodiversity

ACM de Queiroz, AM Rabello, DL Braga… - Biodiversity and …, 2020 - Springer
The simplification of native habitats leads to biodiversity decline in tropical terrestrial
ecosystems. We evaluated how conversion of three types of native Cerrado vegetation …

[HTML][HTML] Fire and flood: How the Pantanal ant communities respond to multiple disturbances?

FV de Arruda, FB Teresa, VMG Layme… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Disturbances are key events in ecological systems, strongly impacting biological
communities. This study disentangles the effects of a chronic (flood) and acute (fire) …