Climate warming is considered to be among the most serious of anthropogenic stresses to
the environment, because it not only has direct effects on biodiversity, but it also exacerbates …

Highlights•Fire uniquely disturbs ecosystems with persistent impacts on insect
communities.•Life history, interactions, adaptive traits and habitat structure affect …

Animal ecology and evolution are shaped by environmental perturbations, which are
undergoing unprecedented alterations due to climate change. Fire is one such perturbation …

The increase in species richness with island area (ISAR) is a well-established global
pattern, commonly described by the power model, the parameters of which are hypothesized …

Fires and grazing disrupt the diversity and composition of biological organisms and their
functions in the savannas. In the current study, we assessed the impact of fire and grazing …

Like many savannas worldwide, pine savannas of the southeastern US contain pyrophytic
(fire-adapted) broadleaf woody plants (hardwoods), as well as mesophytic (fire-sensitive) …

Butterflies such as the atala hairstreak, Eumaeus atala Poey, and the frosted elfin,
Callophrys irus Godart, are restricted to frequently disturbed habitats where their larval host …

Socioeconomic factors (eg rural abandonment, monoculture plantations) and global
warming are changing fire regimes (fire intensity, extent, and frequency) in fire-prone …

Plants often form the basis of conservation planning and management. The effectiveness of
plant diversity as a surrogate for arthropod diversity was assessed in natural areas in the …

Ecological communities consist of antagonistic and mutualistic interactions that can vary in
their strength. Indirect effects act among species within or across trophic levels through …