Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

JA Harvey, K Tougeron, R Gols, R Heinen… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is considered to be among the most serious of anthropogenic stresses to
the environment, because it not only has direct effects on biodiversity, but it also exacerbates …

Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

LT Kelly, KM Giljohann, A Duane, N Aquilué… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Fire has shaped the diversity of life on Earth for millions of years. Variation
in fire regimes continues to be a source of biodiversity across the globe, and many plants …

Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers

KK McLauchlan, PE Higuera, J Miesel… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is a powerful ecological and evolutionary force that regulates organismal traits,
population sizes, species interactions, community composition, carbon and nutrient cycling …

Fire as a key driver of Earth's biodiversity

T He, BB Lamont, JG Pausas - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Wildfires as an ecosystem service

JG Pausas, JE Keeley - Frontiers in Ecology and the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires are often perceived as destructive disturbances, but we propose that when
integrating evolutionary and socioecological factors, fires in most ecosystems can be …

Pyrodiversity and biodiversity: A history, synthesis, and outlook

GM Jones, MW Tingley - Diversity and Distributions, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The importance of Indigenous cultural burning in forested regions of the Pacific West, USA

JW Long, FK Lake, RW Goode - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Indigenous communities in the Pacific West of North America have long depended on fire to
steward their environments, and they are increasingly asserting the importance of cultural …

Fire and climate change: conserving seasonally dry forests is still possible

SL Stephens, ALR Westerling… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The destructive wildfires that occurred recently in the western US starkly foreshadow the
possible future of forest ecosystems and human communities in the region. With increases in …

Using fire to promote biodiversity

LT Kelly, L Brotons - Science, 2017 - science.org
Fire profoundly influences people, climate, and ecosystems (1). The impacts of this
interaction are likely to grow, with climate models forecasting widespread increases in fire …

A global synthesis of fire effects on pollinators

LM Carbone, J Tavella, JG Pausas… - Global Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Understanding fire effects on pollinators is critical in the context of fire regime changes
and the global pollination crisis. Through a systematic and quantitative review of the …