Despite growing recognition of the conservation values of grassy biomes, our understanding
of how to maintain and restore biodiverse tropical grasslands (including savannas and open …

Whether ignited by lightning or by Native Americans, fire once shaped many North American
ecosystems. Euro–American settlement and 20th‐century fire suppression practices …

The forest restoration challenge (globally 2 billion ha) and the prospect of changing climate
with increasing frequency of extreme events argues for approaching restoration from a …

Across the globe, rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns have caused
persistent regional droughts, lengthened fire seasons, and increased the number of weather …

Exotic annual grasses dominate millions of hectares and increase fire frequency in the
sagebrush ecosystem of North America. This devastating invasion is so costly and …

Background The structure and function of fire-prone ecosystems are influenced by many
interacting processes that develop over varying time scales. Fire creates both instantaneous …

Fire has a profound, though paradoxical influence on landscapes of the southeastern US; it
simultaneously maintains native biodiversity and ecosystem processes but also threatens …

Long‐term fire exclusion has altered ecological function in many forested ecosystems in
North America. The invasion of fire‐sensitive tree species into formerly pyrogenic upland …

Fire frequency in low‐elevation coniferous forests in western North America has greatly
declined since the late 1800s. In many areas, this has increased tree density and the …

Though the need for prescribed fire is widely recognised, its use remains subject to a range
of operational and social constraints. Research has focussed on identifying these …