Loss of terrestrial biodiversity in Australia: Magnitude, causation, and response

S Legge, L Rumpff, ST Garnett, JCZ Woinarski - Science, 2023 - science.org
Australia's biota is species rich, with high rates of endemism. This natural legacy has rapidly
diminished since European colonization. The impacts of invasive species, habitat loss …

Fire-driven animal evolution in the Pyrocene

GM Jones, JF Goldberg, TM Wilcox, LB Buckley… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Fire regimes are a major agent of evolution in terrestrial animals. Changing fire regimes and
the capacity for rapid evolution in wild animal populations suggests the potential for rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Social consequences of rapid environmental change

DT Blumstein, LD Hayes, N Pinter-Wollman - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
While direct influences of the environment on population growth and resilience are well
studied, indirect routes linking environmental changes to population consequences are less …

[HTML][HTML] Cats, foxes and fire: Quantitative review reveals that invasive predator activity is most likely to increase shortly after fire

TS Doherty, DJ Watchorn, V Miritis, AJL Pestell… - Fire Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background Predators and fire shape ecosystems across the globe and these two forces
can interact to impact prey populations. This issue is particularly pertinent in Australia where …

Interactive effects of wildfires, season and predator activity shape mule deer movements

TR Ganz, MT DeVivo, BN Kertson… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires are increasing in size, frequency and severity due to climate change and fire
suppression, but the direct and indirect effects on wildlife remain largely unresolved. Fire …

After the 'Black Summer'fires: Faunal responses to megafire depend on fire severity, proportional area burnt and vegetation type

V Miritis, CR Dickman, DG Nimmo… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and human activities have disrupted historical fire regimes, leading to
complex and far‐reaching impacts on global ecosystems. Despite extensive research in fire …

Mammalian resistance to megafire in western US woodland savannas

KL Calhoun, BR Goldstein, KM Gaynor, A McInturff… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Increasingly frequent megafires are dramatically altering landscapes and critical habitats
around the world. Across the western United States, megafires have become an almost …

[HTML][HTML] Animal population decline and recovery after severe fire: Relating ecological and life history traits with expert estimates of population impacts from the …

M Ensbey, S Legge, CJ Jolly, ST Garnett… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Catastrophic megafires can increase extinction risks; identifying species priorities for
management and policy support is critical for preparing and responding to future fires …

[HTML][HTML] In case of fire, escape or die: a trait-based approach for identifying animal species threatened by fire

EKL Batista, JEC Figueira, RRC Solar, CS de Azevedo… - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent studies have argued that changes in fire regimes in the 21st century are posing a
major threat to global biodiversity. In this scenario, incorporating species' physiological …

The eco‐evolutionary role of fire in shaping terrestrial ecosystems

F Santos, JK Bailey, JA Schweitzer - Functional Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is an inherently evolutionary process, even though much more emphasis has been
given to ecological responses of plants and their associated communities to fire. Here, we …