A fact often overlooked is that large-scale wildfires, although occurring infrequently, are
responsible for the overwhelming majority of fire-related suppression costs, economic …

Climate change is expected to lead to more frequent, intense and longer droughts in the
future, with major implications for ecosystem processes and human livelihoods. The impacts …

Tropical savannas have a ground cover dominated by C4 grasses, with fire and herbivory
constraining woody cover below a rainfall‐based potential. The savanna biome covers 50 …

Hysteresis is a fundamental characteristic of alternative stable state theory, yet evidence of
hysteresis is rare. In mesic grasslands, fire frequency regulates transition from grass‐to …

Woody encroachment is a global driver of grassland loss and management to counteract
encroachment represents one of the most expensive conservation practices implemented in …

Globally, grasslands are shaped by grazing and fire, and grassland plants are adapted to
these disturbances. However, temperate grasslands have been hotspots of land‐use …

Animals must track resources over relatively fine spatial and temporal scales, particularly in
disturbance‐mediated systems like grasslands. Grassland birds respond to habitat …

Climate change, interacting with and exacerbating anthropogenic modifications to the
landscape, is altering ecosystem structure and function, biodiversity, and species …

Forbs comprise most of the plant diversity in North American tallgrass prairie and provide
vital ecosystem services, but their abundance in prairie restorations is highly variable …

Shrub encroachment is one of the primary threats to mesic grasslands around the world.
This dramatic shift in plant cover has the potential to alter ecosystem‐scale water budgets …