Record‐breaking fire seasons in many regions across the globe raise important questions
about plant community responses to shifting fire regimes (ie, changing fire frequency …

Resprouting as a response to disturbance is now widely recognized as a key functional trait
among woody plants and as the basis for the persistence niche. However, the underlying …

This book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of'open ecosystems', which
include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support …

Each year wildland fires kill and injure trees on millions of forested hectares globally,
affecting plant and animal biodiversity, carbon storage, hydrologic processes, and …

Bark is a vital and very visible part of woody plants, yet only recently has bark characteristics
started to be considered as key traits structuring communities and biomes. Bark thickness is …

Heat injuries sustained in a fire can initiate a cascade of complex mechanisms that affect the
physiology of trees after fires. Uncovering the exact physiological mechanisms and relating …

Wildfires are a global crisis, but current fire models fail to capture vegetation response to
changing climate. With drought and elevated temperature increasing the importance of …

Drought-induced wildfires have increased in frequency and extent over the tropics. Yet, the
long-term (greater than 10 years) responses of Amazonian lowland forests to fire …

Many species have the ability to resprout vegetatively after a substantial loss of biomass
induced by environmental stress, including drought. Many of the regions characterised by …

Over the past 15 years, 3 million hectares of forests have been converted into shrublands or
grasslands in the Mediterranean countries of the European Union. Fire and drought are the …