We review the postulated threatening processes that may have affected the decline in the
eastern population of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus L.(Lepidoptera …

Deepened knowledge on response of biota and ecological processes following fire is
essential for a future with warmer climate and more disturbances. In 2014 the first mega-fire …

Threats to migratory animals can occur at multiple periods of the annual cycle that are
separated by thousands of kilometres and span international borders. Populations of the …

Insect migration may involve movements over multiple breeding generations at continental
scales, resulting in formidable challenges to their conservation and management. Using …

Addressing population declines of migratory insects requires linking populations across
different portions of the annual cycle and understanding the effects of variation in weather …

Thoroughly updated for its third edition with the latest research in the field, this innovative
text delivers an apt and comprehensive introduction to the rich and complex world of animal …

The profound impacts of fire on natural ecosystems have moulded many aspects of life on
Earth, but many of these effects remain poorly understood, other than in the most general …

Fire is a natural process in grasslands that maintains an open canopy and creates variable
vegetative structure and composition over time. Although there is a wealth of knowledge on …

The field of adaptive management has been embraced by researchers and managers in the
United States as an approach to improve natural resource stewardship in the face of …

Many rangelands of the world are fire dependent and display a strong interaction between
fire and grazing on animal behavior, productivity and ecosystem processes. The application …