Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

JA Harvey, K Tougeron, R Gols, R Heinen… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions

TS Doherty, WL Geary, CJ Jolly… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Both fire and predators have strong influences on the population dynamics and behaviour of
animals, and the effects of predators may either be strengthened or weakened by fire …

What do you mean,'megafire'?

GD Linley, CJ Jolly, TS Doherty… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background 'Megafire'is an emerging concept commonly used to describe fires that are
extreme in terms of size, behaviour, and/or impacts, but the term's meaning remains …

Animal mortality during fire

CJ Jolly, CR Dickman, TS Doherty… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Earth's rapidly warming climate is propelling us towards an increasingly fire‐prone future.
Currently, knowledge of the extent and characteristics of animal mortality rates during fire …

The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time‐bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

S Legge, L Rumpff, JCZ Woinarski… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim After environmental disasters, species with large population losses may need urgent
protection to prevent extinction and support recovery. Following the 2019–2020 Australian …

A review of the effects of wildfire smoke on the health and behavior of wildlife

OV Sanderfoot, SB Bassing, JL Brusa… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Climate change is intensifying global wildfire activity, and people and wildlife are
increasingly exposed to hazardous air pollution during large-scale smoke events. Although …

Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

DA Driscoll, KJ Macdonald, RK Gibson, TS Doherty… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
With large wildfires becoming more frequent,, we must rapidly learn how megafires impact
biodiversity to prioritize mitigation and improve policy. A key challenge is to discover how …

Fear generalization and behavioral responses to multiple dangers

A Sih, HJ Chung, I Neylan, C Ortiz-Jimenez… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Animals often exhibit consistent-individual differences (CIDs) in boldness/fearfulness,
typically studied in the context of predation risk. We focus here on fear generalization, where …

Fire-driven animal evolution in the Pyrocene

GM Jones, JF Goldberg, TM Wilcox, LB Buckley… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Fire regimes are a major agent of evolution in terrestrial animals. Changing fire regimes and
the capacity for rapid evolution in wild animal populations suggests the potential for rapid …

Burn severity and post‐fire weather are key to predicting time‐to‐recover from Australian forest fires

SW Rifai, MG De Kauwe, RV Gallagher… - Earth's …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change has accelerated the frequency of catastrophic wildfires; however, the drivers
that control the time‐to‐recover of forests are poorly understood. We integrated remotely …