Category: Fire as a dynamic ecological and evolutionary force

Fire as a dynamic ecological and evolutionary force, Special Features

Combined response and effect plant fire traits differ among regions with different fire histories

Pedro Jaureguiberry, Sandra Díaz This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology Research article which can be found here. Fire is a very important ecological factor in many regions of the world, influencing the characteristics of a region’s vegetation. Plants can respond to fire via resprouting (R) or seeding (S), which rely on the regeneration from vegetative tissues that survived fire or on … Continue reading Combined response and effect plant fire traits differ among regions with different fire histories

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Fire as a dynamic ecological and evolutionary force, Reviews, Special Features

Challenges for continued forest cover persistence under contemporary climate and wildfire in the western USA

Shuang Liang, Matthew D. Hurteau This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology review article which can be found here. Fire plays a key role in the distribution of forest ecosystems in the western US. Fire alters tree demography and tree species composition, creating heterogeneous landscape structure that feeds back to influence fire behavior and subsequent impacts on vegetation. The fire-vegetation interaction occurs … Continue reading Challenges for continued forest cover persistence under contemporary climate and wildfire in the western USA

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Wildfire shapes future forests through impacts on root-associated fungi

Rebecca E. Hewitt, Nicola J. Day, M. Rae DeVan, D. Lee Taylor This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology review article which can be found here. In the boreal forest wildfire activity is increasing with strong effects on both the types of forests that regenerate and on ecosystem function. Wildfires alter the soil environment and the vegetation, which are both key to … Continue reading Wildfire shapes future forests through impacts on root-associated fungi

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Fire as a dynamic ecological and evolutionary force, Reviews

Fire characteristics determine how fire affects insects and other arthropods: evidence from a review

Blyssalyn V. Bieber, Dhaval K. Vyas, Amanda M. Koltz, Laura A. Burkle, Kiaryce S. Bey, Claire Guzinski, Shannon M. Murphy, andMayra C. Vidal This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Humans are altering nature in many important ways, and these changes are affecting the organisms with whom we share our environment. One of the most … Continue reading Fire characteristics determine how fire affects insects and other arthropods: evidence from a review

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