Fire has been used for centuries to generate and manage some of the UK's cultural
landscapes. Despite its complex role in the ecology of UK peatlands and moorlands, there …

Atlantic heaths are semi-natural habitats of high biodiversity interest which once covered
large areas of the Atlantic Region. Nowadays these heathlands are dramatically reduced in …

Managing fire to achieve hazard reduction while providing for biodiversity conservation is
complex in fire‐prone regions. This challenge is exacerbated by limited understanding of …

Summary 1 World‐wide, the controlled use of fire is an important ecological management
tool and is essential for the continuance of many communities. It is used extensively in …

Large mammalian grazers can alter the biotic and abiotic features of their environment
through their impacts on vegetation. Grazing at moderate intensity has been recommended …

Fire is a widespread natural disturbance agent in most conifer-dominated forests. In light of
climate change and the effects of fire exclusion, single and repeated high-severity (stand …

Successional dynamics in plant community assembly may result from both deterministic and
stochastic ecological processes. The relative importance of different ecological processes is …

Summary 1 During the last century, many plant species typical of heathland and nutrient‐
poor acidic grasslands have become rare whereas others have remained common. Habitat …

Acid rain alters soil carbon (C) cycling by influencing the soil microbial community structure
and functions. However, the response of soil microbial communities to acid rain with time …

Developing objective tools for tracking progress of restored sites is of general concern. Here,
we present an innovative approach based on principal response curves (PRC) and species …