Faunal responses to fire in chaparral and sage scrub in California, USA

EF van Mantgem, JE Keeley, M Witter - Fire Ecology, 2015 - Springer
Impact of fire on California shrublands has been well studied but nearly all of this work has
focused on plant communities. Impact on and recovery of the chaparral fauna has received …

Design considerations for rapid biodiversity reconnaissance surveys and long‐term monitoring to assess the impact of wildfire

D Southwell, S Legge, J Woinarski… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Reconnaissance surveys followed by monitoring are needed to assess the impact and
response of biodiversity to wildfire. However, post‐wildfire survey and monitoring design are …

[HTML][HTML] Animal population decline and recovery after severe fire: Relating ecological and life history traits with expert estimates of population impacts from the …

M Ensbey, S Legge, CJ Jolly, ST Garnett… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Catastrophic megafires can increase extinction risks; identifying species priorities for
management and policy support is critical for preparing and responding to future fires …

Complex responses of birds to landscape‐level fire extent, fire severity and environmental drivers

DB Lindenmayer, W Blanchard… - Diversity and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To quantify bird responses to a large unplanned fire, taking into consideration
landscape‐level fire severity and extent, pre‐fire site detection frequency and environmental …

Why do some species have geographically varying responses to fire history?

DG Nimmo, LT Kelly, LM Farnsworth, SJ Watson… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A capacity to predict the effects of fire on biota is critical for conservation in fire‐prone
regions as it assists managers to anticipate the outcomes of different approaches to fire …

Fire type and hemisphere determine the effects of fire on the alpha and beta diversity of vertebrates: a global meta‐analysis

LA Pastro, CR Dickman, M Letnic - Global Ecology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We conducted a quantitative meta‐analysis to investigate the responses of vertebrate
diversity to fire, controlling for variables such as fire type, taxon and ecoregion to identify …

Managing fishery development in sensitive ecosystems: identifying penguin habitat use to direct management in Antarctica

PN Trathan, V Warwick‐Evans, JT Hinke… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the Southern Ocean, the at‐sea distributions of most predators of Antarctic krill
are poorly known, primarily because tracking studies have only been undertaken on a …

Successional specialization in a reptile community cautions against widespread planned burning and complete fire suppression

AL Smith, C Michael Bull… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation of biodiversity in fire‐prone regions depends on understanding responses to
fire in animal communities and the mechanisms governing these responses. We collated …

Taxonomic and functional response of a Mediterranean reptile assemblage to a repeated fire regime

X Santos, M Cheylan - Biological Conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
Wildfires are common disturbances that have a major impact on ecosystems. Recent
decades have seen an increase in fire frequency and extension due to the combined effects …

Experimentally testing animal responses to prescribed fire size and severity

TS Doherty, DF Bohórquez Fandiño… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Deserts are often highly biodiverse and provide important habitats for many threatened
species. Fire is a dominant disturbance in deserts, and prescribed burning is increasingly …