The Cerrado biome, renowned for its biodiversity and threatened by rapid land
transformation, encompasses a vast savanna ecosystem in Brazil. The region is …

Fires alter the stability of organic matter and promote soil erosion which threatens the
fundamental coupling of soil biogeochemical cycles. Yet, how soil biogeochemistry and its …

Disturbances can have enduring impacts on ecological communities due to 'legacy effects',
which result in community structure that varies with the history of recent disturbance. Further …

Worldwide, bush encroachment threatens rangeland ecosystem services, including plant
biodiversity and forage for livestock. Various control methods for encroaching woody …

Fine surface fuels play a key role in driving fire spread, and therefore play an important role
in wildfire management in savannas. In protected areas of the Guinean savannas (humid …

Scientific literature indicates that climate change is driving an increase in wildfires globally.
This study was done on a wetland dominated area in Northern Argentina and aims to, i) …

Prescribed burning is frequently used in savanna vegetation in Australia and worldwide. In
north‐east Queensland savanna burning has been proposed for the control of woody weeds …

Forest management can have major impacts on the dynamic of ecological communities,
including shifts in reproduction and survival strategies in newly recruited individuals. This …

Higgins et al.(1) use a species distribution model to estimate the climatic niches of 11 plant
functional types across Africa. Two of these PFTs, evergreen trees and C4 grasses, are then …

Although the influence of climate on the fire regime is unanimously recognized, most
publications are studies on this influence are at the global scale. Therefore, this study aims …