Brazil has experienced unprecedented wildfires in the last decade. Images of immense
burnt areas or dead animals that failed to escape the 2020 wildfires have shocked the world …

In Brazil, the country with the highest plant species richness in the world, biodiverse
savannas and grasslands–ie, grassy ecosystems, which occupy 27% of the country–have …

Background Fire is an important driver of ecosystem dynamics worldwide. However,
knowledge on broad-scale patterns of ecosystem and organism responses to fires is still …

Many degraded ecosystems need active restoration to conserve biodiversity and re‐
establish ecosystem function, both highlighted targets of the UN Decade on Ecosystem …

Aim Fire is a natural disturbance in many ecosystems throughout the world where plant
populations can persist by the resprouting of individuals and/or by recruiting from seeds. We …

Post-fire flowering is a fire-adaptive trait that is underused in fire ecology literature to
describe plant responses to fire. Most of the species described so far as having this strategy …

Ecological restoration of tropical open ecosystems remains challenging for both science and
practice. Over the last decade, innovative techniques have been developed, but whether …

Indigenous people have been managing fire‐prone landscapes for millennia, especially in
tropical savannas, thereby maintaining carbon stocks and pyrodiversity and ensuring food …

Fire is a fundamental ecological factor in savannas because it affects vegetation dynamics
and ecosystem functioning. However, the effects of fire on below‐ground compartments …

Differently from commonly used forest conservation strategies, the absence of disturbance in
non-forest-ecosystems can result in loss of biodiversity. Grassy ecosystems characterize …