Abandonment of agricultural land is widespread in many parts of the world, leading to shrub
and tree encroachment. The increase of flammable plant biomass, that is, fuel load …

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 …

Woody plant encroachment–the conversion of open grasslands and savannas to woodlands–
represents one of the gravest threats to grassland biomes worldwide. This is especially true …

Globally, grasslands are shaped by grazing and fire, and grassland plants are adapted to
these disturbances. However, temperate grasslands have been hotspots of land‐use …

The term pyric herbivory was first introduced in 2009, describing how fire shapes herbivory
as burned areas attract herbivores and, simultaneously, herbivory shapes fuel load and fire …

Vegetation management on solar farms can be accomplished through targeted grazing with
sheep. To the authors' knowledge, no research has been conducted to date on sheep …

As the dominant large herbivore in midcontinent North America since the terminal
Pleistocene, bison (Bison spp.) have been a fundamental component of ecosystems and …

Exotic annual grasses (EAG) are one of the most damaging agents of change in western
North America. Despite known socio‐environmental effects of EAG there remains a need to …

Wildfire activity has recently increased in California, impacting ecosystems and human well-
being. California's rangelands are complex social-ecological systems composed of multiple …

Background: Simulations of fire spread are vital for operational fire management and
strategic risk planning. Aims: To quantify burn heterogeneity effects on post-fire fuel loads …