Many terrestrial ecosystems are fire prone, such that their composition and structure are
largely due to their fire regime. Regions subject to regular fire have exceptionally high levels …

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 Cerrado is a fire‐dependent savanna requiring a clear and urgent fire management
policy. The extensive misuse of fire for deforestation or pasture management in Brazil has …

Fire has a major impact on the structure and function of many ecosystems globally.
Pyrodiversity, the diversity of fires within a region (where diversity is based on fire …

An emerging hypothesis in fire ecology is that pyrodiversity increases species diversity. We
test whether pyrodiversity—defined as the standard deviation of fire severity—increases …

Aim Understanding the drivers of global diversity has challenged ecologists for decades.
Drivers related to the environment, productivity and heterogeneity are considered primary …

Background Fire is an important driver of ecosystem dynamics worldwide. However,
knowledge on broad-scale patterns of ecosystem and organism responses to fires is still …

Although savannas are fire-adapted ecosystems, prescribing fire for biodiversity
conservation remains controversial at least in some regions where savannas occur. Faced …

Aim Fire is particularly frequent, complex and contentious in the vast tropical savannas of
northern Australia, where declines in many threatened species are associated with fire, and …

Both invasive mesopredators and altered fire regimes impact populations of vulnerable
native species. Understanding how these forces interact is critical for designing better …