Landscape fire activity is changing in many regions because of climate change. Smoke
emissions from landscape fires contain many harmful air pollutants, and beyond the …

For nearly two decades, the American Southwest has been in the grips of a long-term
'megadrought', punctuated by a number of short and severe 'global change type …

Outbreaks of the southern pine beetle (SPB) Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann in Central
America have had a devastating impact on pine forests. It remains unclear to what extent …

Moderate-resolution satellite imagery is essential to detect conifer tree decline on a regional
scale and address the threat caused by pinewood nematode (PWN),(Bursaphelenchus …

Pyrodiversity, defined as variation in fire history and characteristics, has been shown to
catalyse post‐fire biodiversity in a variety of systems. However, the demographic and …

Climate change is one of the major threats to biodiversity, but its impact varies among the
species. Bark beetles (Ips spp.), as well as other wood-boring pests of European forests …

Abstract In the western United States, the black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) is a
“snag specialist”, found predominantly in burned montane forests. While fire is a key …

Latitudinal variations in species niche due to factors such as phenotypic plasticity and local
adaptation pose fundamental problems for ecological niche modelling at large geographic …

Bees require distinct foraging and nesting resources to occur in close proximity. However,
spatial and temporal patterns in the availability and quantity of these resources can be …

Ecological disturbance is a key agent shaping the spatial and temporal landscape of food
availability. In forests of western North America, disturbance from fire can lead to resource …