Whether ignited by lightning or by Native Americans, fire once shaped many North American
ecosystems. Euro–American settlement and 20th‐century fire suppression practices …

Once dominant but now largely excluded from eastern North America, open forests of
savannas to woodlands occupy the ecosystem gradient between grasslands and closed …

Forgotten Grasslands of the South is a literary and scientific case study of some of the
biologically richest and most endangered ecosystems in North America. Eminent ecologist …

Natural disturbances are critical ecosystem processes, with both ecological and
socioeconomic benefits and disadvantages. Large herbivores are natural disturbances that …

Starting in the late 1970s, ecologists began unraveling the role of recently extinct large
vertebrates in evolutionary ecology and ecosystem dynamics. Three decades later …

As native ecosystems are degraded throughout the world, the importance of managing,
conserving, and restoring wildlife habitat escalates. We must carefully consider which …

Snakes often occur in species‐rich assemblages, and sympatry is thought to be facilitated
primarily by low diet overlap, not interspecific interactions. We selected, a priori, three …

Loss and degradation of wetland habitats are major contributing factors to the global decline
of amphibians. Creation and restoration of wetlands could be a valuable tool for increasing …

Fire controls tree cover in many savannas by suppressing saplings through repeated topkill
and resprouting, causing a demographic bottleneck. Tree cover can increase dramatically if …

Recovery or sustainable management of wildlife populations often entails management of
habitat on which they depend. In this regard, turtles pose unique conservation challenges …