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 …

The impact of fire on soil-dwelling biota: A review

G Certini, D Moya, ME Lucas-Borja… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fire has always been a driving factor of life on Earth. Now that mankind has definitely joined
the other environmental forces in shaping the planet, lots of species are threatened by …

Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions

TS Doherty, WL Geary, CJ Jolly… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Both fire and predators have strong influences on the population dynamics and behaviour of
animals, and the effects of predators may either be strengthened or weakened by fire …

Animal mortality during fire

CJ Jolly, CR Dickman, TS Doherty… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Earth's rapidly warming climate is propelling us towards an increasingly fire‐prone future.
Currently, knowledge of the extent and characteristics of animal mortality rates during fire …

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of metabolic rate plasticity in response to environmental change

T Norin, NB Metcalfe - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Basal or standard metabolic rate reflects the minimum amount of energy required to
maintain body processes, while the maximum metabolic rate sets the ceiling for aerobic …

Towards an understanding of the evolutionary role of fire in animals

JG Pausas, CL Parr - Evolutionary Ecology, 2018 - Springer
Wildfires underpin the dynamics and diversity of many ecosystems worldwide, and plants
show a plethora of adaptive traits for persisting recurrent fires. Many fire-prone ecosystems …

Welcome to the Pyrocene: Animal survival in the age of megafire

DG Nimmo, AJR Carthey, CJ Jolly… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Planet Earth is entering the age of megafire, pushing ecosystems to their limits and beyond.
While fire causes mortality of animals across vast portions of the globe, scientists are only …

[图书][B] Ecological physiology of daily torpor and hibernation

F Geiser - 2021 - Springer
The last 'hibernation book'was published in 1982, nearly 40 years ago, so clearly an update
was needed. The options were a book written by a single author or an edited book written by …

Animal movements in fire‐prone landscapes

DG Nimmo, S Avitabile, SC Banks… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Movement is a trait of fundamental importance in ecosystems subject to frequent
disturbances, such as fire‐prone ecosystems. Despite this, the role of movement in …

Generalized fire response strategies in plants and animals

JG Pausas - Oikos, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the existing large body of research on plant–animal interactions, plant research and
animal research are still relatively independent and asymmetrical in relation to disturbance …