Fire is a powerful ecological and evolutionary force that regulates organismal traits,
population sizes, species interactions, community composition, carbon and nutrient cycling …

Despite growing recognition of the conservation values of grassy biomes, our understanding
of how to maintain and restore biodiverse tropical grasslands (including savannas and open …

Despite long‐time awareness of the importance of the location of buds in plant biology,
research on belowground bud banks has been scant. Terms such as lignotuber, xylopodium …

Misperceptions about the world's grassy biomes contribute to their alarming rates of loss due
to conversion for agriculture and tree plantations, as well as to forest encroachment. To …

We expand the concept of “old growth” to encompass the distinct ecologies and
conservation values of the world's ancient grass‐dominated biomes. Biologically rich …

This book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of'open ecosystems', which
include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support …

Roughly 3% of the Earth's land surface burns annually, representing a critical exchange of
energy and matter between the land and atmosphere via combustion. Fires range from slow …

Poaceae (the grasses) is arguably the most successful plant family, in terms of its global
occurrence in (almost) all ecosystems with angiosperms, its ecological dominance in many …

We live on a flammable planet yet there is little consensus on the origin and evolution of
flammability in our flora. We argue that part of the problem lies in the concept of flammability …

Disentangling species strategies that confer resilience to natural disturbances is key to
conserving and restoring savanna ecosystems. Fire is a recurrent disturbance in savannas …