Pyrodiversity or variation in spatio-temporal fire patterns is increasingly recognized as an
important determinant of ecological pattern and process, yet no consensus surrounds how …

Abstract Purpose of Review Climate change will continue to alter spatial and temporal
variation in fire characteristics, or pyrodiversity. The causes of pyrodiversity and its …

Aim Pyrodiversity is the spatial or temporal variability in fire effects across a landscape.
Multiple ecological hypotheses, when applied to the context of post‐fire systems, suggest …

Landscape pyrodiversity encapsulates the range of spatiotemporal variability in disturbance
by fire. There is a widely-held view that diversity in fire regimes promotes biological diversity …

Fire has a major impact on the structure and function of many ecosystems globally.
Pyrodiversity, the diversity of fires within a region (where diversity is based on fire …

Aim Fire can strongly influence ecosystem function, and human activities are disrupting fire
activity at the global scale. Ecological theory and a growing body of literature suggest that a …

Pyrodiversity, which describes fire variability over space and time, is believed to increase
habitat heterogeneity and thereby promote biodiversity. However, to date there is no …

Many terrestrial ecosystems are fire prone, such that their composition and structure are
largely due to their fire regime. Regions subject to regular fire have exceptionally high levels …

Different interpretations of the fire regime concept have limited the capacity to allocate
specific fire regimes worldwide. To solve this limitation, in this study, we present a framework …

Fire is a key determinant of vegetation structure and composition in ecosystems worldwide
and is therefore an important management tool. The “pyrodiversity hypothesis”, which …