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 …

Exotic grasses are a widespread set of invasive species that are notable for their ability to
significantly alter key aspects of ecosystem function. Understanding the role and importance …

Ecosystems, settlements, and human lives are put at risk by forest fires every year. Several
models proposed for the prediction of their occurrence and behavior have aimed at …

The indiscriminate use of fire represents one of the most significant environmental threats to
the Cerrado, the second largest biome in South America. However, the impacts of fire on …

The year 2017 was a megafire year, when huge areas burned on different continents. In
Brazil, a great extension of the Cerrado burned, raising once more the discussion about the …

Aim Fire is a natural disturbance in many ecosystems throughout the world where plant
populations can persist by the resprouting of individuals and/or by recruiting from seeds. We …

Active restoration strategies have been recommended to recover Neotropical savannas in
abandoned lands, but no studies have investigated the trajectories and speeds of …

Cerrado is the Brazilian neotropical savanna threatened by invasive African grasses. We
aimed to quantify the impact of invasive Melinis minutiflora and Urochloa brizantha on the …

An understanding of fire behaviour and its impacts on natural ecosystems is essential for
develo** management strategies, specifically for planning prescribed fires. It is well …

Grasses fuel most fires on Earth and strongly influence local fire behaviour through traits that
determine how flammable they are. Therefore, grass communities that differ in their species …