An interdisciplinary text on the world's savannas, covering the geography, ecology,
economics and politics of savanna regions. Savannas are a distinct vegetation type …

Morpho‐fimctional features of perennial grasses in South American savannas are
considered as adaptive strategies to cope with stress and disturbance factors of savanna …

Von Humboldt (1807) is credited with being the first scientist to observe the adaptive
relationship between the attributes of the vegetation and the physical characteristics of their …

Summary 1 In severely disturbed habitats, the onset of resprouting as a persistence strategy
might be problematic for tree species which do not accumulate sufficient reserves before the …

1 Gaps in the forest canopy allow establishment of many understorey species. As gaps
close, their demographic behaviour is affected by changing environmental conditions. A …

We examined the effects of fire on population growth rate and extinction probability of a rare
prairie plant. Lomatium bradshawii (Apiaceae) is an endangered species of western Oregon …

The seed-bank dynamics of cerrado, a savanna-like vegetation type in central Brazil, was
monitored for a year after a fire event in the mid-dry season. Fifty paired soil and litter …

Extensive parts of subtropical South America are covered by grassland vegetation, despite
climatic conditions that allow for forest development, and fire may have been an important …

Grassland ecosystems are evolutionarily linked to disturbances such as grazing and fire.
These disturbances define grassland plant communities and habitat heterogeneity, which …

Perennial grasses are a dominant component of many vegetation formations and provide
important ecosystem services including supporting herbivores and preventing soil erosion …