Forest microbiome and global change

P Baldrian, R López-Mondéjar, P Kohout - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Forests influence climate and mitigate global change through the storage of carbon in soils.
In turn, these complex ecosystems face important challenges, including increases in carbon …

Fire effects on the persistence of soil organic matter and long-term carbon storage

AFA Pellegrini, J Harden, K Georgiou, KS Hemes… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
One paradigm in biogeochemistry is that frequent disturbance tends to deplete carbon (C) in
soil organic matter (SOM) by reducing biomass inputs and promoting losses. However …

Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops

M Ulyshen, KR Urban‐Mead, JB Dorey… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although the importance of natural habitats to pollinator diversity is widely recognized, the
value of forests to pollinating insects has been largely overlooked in many parts of the world …

Challenges and opportunities for grassland restoration: A global perspective of best practices in the era of climate change

KG Lyons, P Török, JM Hermann, K Kiehl… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grasslands are ubiquitous globally, and their conservation and restoration are critical to
combat both the biodiversity and climate crises. There is increasing interest in implementing …

Tourism and climate change in Africa: Informing sector responses

K Dube, G Nhamo, H Kilungu, WL Hambira… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Informing Africa's tourism sector responses to the IPCC-AR6's projected climate change
impacts remains paramount. This study reviews the evolution of knowledge on climate …

[PDF][PDF] Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene

JK Shuman, JK Balch, RT Barnes, PE Higuera… - PNAS …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Fire is an integral component of ecosystems globally and a tool that humans have
harnessed for millennia. Altered fire regimes are a fundamental cause and consequence of …

Soil carbon storage capacity of drylands under altered fire regimes

AFA Pellegrini, PB Reich, SE Hobbie… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
The determinants of fire-driven changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) across broad
environmental gradients remains unclear, especially in global drylands. Here we combined …

Understanding and modelling wildfire regimes: an ecological perspective

SP Harrison, IC Prentice, KJ Bloomfield… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent extreme wildfire seasons in several regions have been associated with exceptionally
hot, dry conditions, made more probable by climate change. Much research has focused on …

Global plant responses to intensified fire regimes

R Grau‐Andrés, B Moreira… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Global change factors, such as warming, heatwaves, droughts and land‐use changes,
are intensifying fire regimes (defined here as increasing frequency or severity of fires) in …

Adaptation strategies and approaches for managing fire in a changing climate

M Sample, AE Thode, C Peterson, MR Gallagher… - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
As the effects of climate change accumulate and intensify, resource managers juggle
existing goals and new mandates to operationalize adaptation. Fire managers contend with …