Knowing how species respond to fire regimes is essential for ecologically sustainable
management. This axiom raises two important questions:(1) what knowledge is the most …

East African landscapes today are the result of the cumulative effects of climate and land-
use change over millennial timescales. In this review, we compile archaeological and …

Fire management is increasingly focusing on introducing heterogeneity in burning patterns
under the assumption that “pyrodiversity begets biodiversity.” This concept has been …

Here we integrate spatial information on annual burnt area, fire frequency, fire seasonality,
fire radiative power and fire size distributions to produce an integrated picture of fire regimes …

Approaches to fire management in the savanna ecosystems of the 2‐million ha Kruger
National Park, South Africa, have changed several times over the past six decades. These …

Prescribed burning is a commonly applied management tool, and there has been
considerable debate over the efficacy of its application. We review data relating to the …

Anthropogenic fire has long shaped landscapes and livelihoods in South American savanna
environments. With the growing recognition of the failures of fire suppression policies and …

Fire is a large‐scale phenomenon that affects ecosystems in many parts of the world.
Wildfires can have highly destructive effects on habitats and the biota they support, and land …

1. Despite the fact that fire is considered an important disturbance in savannas across the
world and is used widely as a management tool in conservation areas, little is known about …

Fire is used as a management tool for biodiversity conservation worldwide. A common
objective is to avoid population extinctions due to inappropriate fire regimes. However, in …