Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers

KK McLauchlan, PE Higuera, J Miesel… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is a powerful ecological and evolutionary force that regulates organismal traits,
population sizes, species interactions, community composition, carbon and nutrient cycling …

Prescribed fire science: the case for a refined research agenda

JK Hiers, JJ O'Brien, JM Varner, BW Butler… - Fire Ecology, 2020 - Springer
The realm of wildland fire science encompasses both wild and prescribed fires. Most of the
research in the broader field has focused on wildfires, however, despite the prevalence of …

Fire reduces taxonomic and functional diversity in Neotropical moist seasonally flooded forests

MC Meza, JM Espelta, TM González… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fires are recurrent in moist tropical savannas, but in recent decades, Neotropical forests
have become more affected due to the increased frequency of fires and the extent of burned …

Flooding and fire frequency promotes beta diversity in tree and non-tree species in tropical wetlands

BH dos Santos Ferreira, M da Rosa Oliveira… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The interaction between high fire frequency and long flooding seasons maintains open
vegetation in floodplains, while low fire frequency and no flooding can lead to forest …

Fire and forests in the 21st century: Managing resilience under changing climates and fire regimes in USA forests

JM Vose, DL Peterson, CJ Fettig, JE Halofsky… - Fire ecology and …, 2021 - Springer
Higher temperatures, lower snowpacks, drought, and extended dry periods have contributed
to increased wildfire activity in recent decades. Climate change is expected to increase the …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal beta diversity and community concordance in freshwater fish and benthic macroinvertebrates on a national scale: Does biodiversity change at the …

MJ Bae, EJ Kim - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we conducted a comprehensive examination of changes in beta diversity over
a decade (2009–2019) at 482 sites across five major river basins in South Korea and …

Plant‐mediated effects of fire and fragmentation drive plant–pollinator interaction β‐diversity in fire‐dependent pine savannas

P Moreno‐García, JE Freeman, JW Campbell… - Oikos, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Interaction β‐diversity is a measure essential for understanding and conserving species
interactions and ecosystem functioning. Interaction β‐diversity explains the variation in …

Use of secondary diversity data to improve diversity estimates at multiple geographic scales

A Esparza-Orozco, A Lira-Noriega - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2024 - Springer
Studying the patterns and properties of biological diversity at multiple geographic scales is
essential to answering biogeographical and macroecological questions. Here, we tested the …

Geographically isolated wetlands have higher alpha diversity than surrounding uplands in pine savanna ecosystems

J Barratt Heitmann, TH Folk, LJ Lord… - Wetlands Ecology and …, 2025 - Springer
Geographically isolated wetlands are critical biodiversity reservoirs, providing important
habitat for plants, herpetofauna, and avifauna. Biodiversity monitoring is crucial to …

Wildfire and topography drive woody plant diversity in a Sky Island mountain range in the Southwest USA

AM Barton, H Poulos - Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Drastic changes in fire regimes are altering plant communities, inspiring ecologists to
better understand the relationship between fire and plant species diversity. We examined …