Pyrodiversity and biodiversity: A history, synthesis, and outlook

GM Jones, MW Tingley - Diversity and Distributions, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Pyrodiversity is the spatial or temporal variability in fire effects across a landscape.
Multiple ecological hypotheses, when applied to the context of post‐fire systems, suggest …

The effect of insect food availability on songbird reproductive success and chick body condition: Evidence from a systematic review and meta‐analysis

EM Grames, GA Montgomery, C Youngflesh… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reports of declines in abundance and biomass of insects and other invertebrates from
around the world have raised concerns about food limitation that could have profound …

Fire and climate change: conserving seasonally dry forests is still possible

SL Stephens, ALR Westerling… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The destructive wildfires that occurred recently in the western US starkly foreshadow the
possible future of forest ecosystems and human communities in the region. With increases in …

High‐severity burned area and proportion exceed historic conditions in Sierra Nevada, California, and adjacent ranges

JN Williams, HD Safford, N Enstice, ZL Steel… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although fire is a fundamental ecological process in western North American forests, climate
warming and accumulating forest fuels due to fire suppression have led to wildfires that burn …

Habitat selection by spotted owls after a megafire reflects their adaptation to historical frequent-fire regimes

GM Jones, HA Kramer, SA Whitmore, WJ Berigan… - Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Context Climate and land-use change have led to disturbance regimes in many ecosystems
without a historical analog, leading to uncertainty about how species adapted to past …

Resilience of terrestrial and aquatic fauna to historical and future wildfire regimes in western North America

HI Jager, JW Long, RL Malison, BP Murphy… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires in many western North American forests are becoming more frequent, larger, and
severe, with changed seasonal patterns. In response, coniferous forest ecosystems will …

2021 Turkey mega forest Fires: Biodiversity measurements of the IUCN Red List wildlife mammals in Sentinel-2 based burned areas

F Aydin-Kandemir, N Demir - Advances in Space Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Mega wildfires are one of the environmental disasters worldwide. This study evaluates the
pre-fire species diversity and the indirect effects, including habitat loss for one of the largest …

Quail on fire: changing fire regimes may benefit mountain quail in fire-adapted forests

KM Brunk, RJ Gutiérrez, MZ Peery, CA Cansler, S Kahl… - Fire Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background Fire-adapted forests in western North America are experiencing rapid changes
to fire regimes that are outside the range of historic norms. Some habitat-specialist species …

A roadmap for pyrodiversity science

ZL Steel, JED Miller, LC Ponisio… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Contemporary and projected shifts in global fire regimes highlight the
importance of understanding how fire affects ecosystem function and biodiversity across …

Juvenile survival of a burned forest specialist in response to variation in fire characteristics

AN Stillman, TJ Lorenz, PC Fischer… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pyrodiversity, defined as variation in fire history and characteristics, has been shown to
catalyse post‐fire biodiversity in a variety of systems. However, the demographic and …